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But does Aristotle's biological practice carry through on this program?
A problem with Kitcher's approach is his characterization of biological practice.
Philosophers of biology can (and do) argue about the details, of course, but this sketch comports well with the bulk of biological practice.
Existing medical and biological practice already cites processes that cross levels of explanation (Schaffner 1993, 1994) and incorporate environmental information about stress or other risk factors.
Conceiving of biological explanation in terms of mechanisms provides a philosophical framework that closely tracks biological practice and does not rely on the notion of a theory.
Biological practice harbors at least four separate meanings of function (Wouters 2003, 2005): activity (what something does), causal role (contribution to a capacity), fitness advantage or viability (value of having something), and selected effect or etiology (origination and maintenance via natural selection).
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These basic methods of control can be divided into a number of cultural, chemical, and biological practices to help control the disease.
It is time the public got a clear picture of what Wildlife Services is up to, and time for the Department of Agriculture to bring the agency's work into accord with sound biological practices.
Apparently these biological practices are still taboo subjects to talk about maturely in public, but an open canvas for crude thoughts and fart jokes when anonymously shared.
Different physicochemical and biological practices have been tried to overcome the problem of membrane biofouling.
Historians of science, technology and medicine have documented the moral issues associated with specific medical and biological practices – e.g. human experiments, vivisection, compulsory vaccination, abortion and organ transplantation – yet few have sought to engage with bioethics.
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