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The impact of the New Biology on our philosophical view of the world, man and the environment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 July 2009

Dagfinn Føllesdal
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Abstract

The so-called New Biology has given us revolutionary insights into the nature of life and created an upsurge of popular interest in biology. However, it has also fostered an impression of ‘genetic determinism’ which been eagerly put to use in political ideology.

Type
Focus: Science and society
Information
European Review , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , May 1999 , pp. 285 - 293
Copyright
Copyright © Academia Europaea 1999

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