This volume addresses fundamental issues in the philosophy of science in the context of two most intriguing fields: biology and economics. Written by authoritie

Neuroscientists investigate the mechanisms of spatial memory. Molecular biologists study the mechanisms of protein synthesis and the myriad mechanisms of gene r

This book is open access under a CC BY license. This book is the first to develop explicit methods for evaluating evidence of mechanisms in the field of medicin

Bechtel emphasises how mechanisms were discovered by cell biologists and the instruments that made these inquiries possible.

This accessible book presents a new theory of biological functions and connects it to contemporary problems in philosophy and science.