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97Theories, models, and equations in biology: The heuristic search for emergent simplifications in neurobiologyPhilosophy of Science 75 (5): 1008-1021. 2008.This article considers claims that biology should seek general theories similar to those found in physics but argues for an alternative framework for biological theories as collections of prototypical interlevel models that can be extrapolated by analogy to different organisms. This position is exemplified in the development of the Hodgkin‐Huxley giant squid model for action potentials, which uses equations in specialized ways. This model is viewed as an “emergent unifier.” Such unifiers, which …Read more
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15Ethical Considerations in Human Investigation Involving Paradigm Shifts: Organ Transplantation in the 1990sIRB: Ethics & Human Research 19 (6): 5. 1997.
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