TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pradeu,Thomas
TI  - Philosophy of immunology
T2  - Cambridge elements. Elements in the philosophy of biology, 2515-1126
SN  - 9781108616706 (ebook)
AV  - QR182 .P73 2019
U1  - 616.079 23
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Immunology
KW  - Philosophy
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Jan 2020)
N2  - Immunology is central to contemporary biology and medicine, but it also provides novel philosophical insights. Its most significant contribution to philosophy concerns the understanding of biological individuality: what a biological individual is, what makes it unique, how its boundaries are established and what ensures its identity through time. Immunology also offers answers to some of the most interesting philosophical questions. What is the definition of life? How are bodily systems delineated? How do the mind and the body interact? In this Element, Thomas Pradeu considers the ways in which immunology can shed light on these and other important philosophical issues. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108616706
ER  -