Contents

pp ix-x

Preface

pp xi-xiv

1 - General Introduction

pp 1-6

PART I - METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES

pp 7-10

2 - How the Choice of Experimental Organism Matters: Epistemological Reflections on an Aspect of Biological Practice

pp 11-28

3 - Unification and Coherence as Methodological Objectives in the Biological Sciences

pp 29-50

PART II - EVOLUTION

pp 51-53

4 - “Adaptation”

pp 54-80

5 - The Influence of the Evolutionary Paradigm

pp 81-102

6 - “Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution” (Theodosius Dobzhansky)

pp 103-120

PART III - GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

pp 121-125

7 - On Conceptual Change in Biology: The Case of the Gene

pp 126-144

8 - Technique, Task Definition, and the Transition from Genetics to Molecular Genetics: Aspects of the Work on Protein Synthesis in the Laboratories of J. Monod and P. Zamecnik

pp 145-165

9 - Too Many Kinds of Genes? Some Problems Posed by Discontinuities in Gene Concepts and the Continuity of the Genetic Material (1995)

pp 166-178

PART IV - DEVELOPMENT

pp 179-182

10 - Lillie's Paradox – Or, Some Hazards of Cellular Geography

pp 183-209

11 - On Conflicts between Genetic and Developmental Viewpoints – and Their Attempted Resolution in Molecular Biology

pp 210-233

12 - Reconceiving Animals and Their Evolution: On Some Consequences of New Research on the Modularity of Development and Evolution

pp 234-262

Index

pp 263-274