Dlaczego w biologii tak trudno być „rewolucjonistą”?

• Authors: Agnieszka Proszewska , Adrian Stencel
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Understanding how science is created and developed is a very complex problem. Many claim that once in a while the science goes through periods of so-called “revo-lutions” – diametric changes in the perception of the reality, that change the way we see the world. Such a vision of the development of knowledge is particularly evident in the history of physics. Do similar breakthroughs take place in other sciences, such as biology or chemistry, as well? Our main objective is to demonstrate that the scien-tific revolutions in biology can have a specific, local, character and concern only some particular branches of biology. This hypothesis will be discussed by analyzing the impact of microbiomics on the concept of the organism.

Keywords

EN

microbiomics; philosophy of biology; philosophy of science; scientific revolutions

Discipline

• BIOLOGY: BIOLOGY

• Journal: Zeszyty Naukowe Towarzystwa Doktorantów Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego. Nauki Ścisłe
• Year: 2017
• Issue: 15
• Pages: 7-14

Contributors

author

Agnieszka Proszewska

• Wydziału Fizyki, Astronomii i Informatyki Stosowanej, Uniwersytet Jagielloński,

author

Adrian Stencel

• Wydział Filozoficzny, Uniwersytet Jagielloński,

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• Document Type: article