Biology Under the Influence: Dialectical Essays on Ecology, Agriculture, and Health
Biology Under the Influence: Dialectical Essays on Ecology, Agriculture, and Health
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影响下的生物学：关于生态、农业和健康的辩证论文
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2007
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R. Lewontin
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R. Levins;R. Lewontin
我们如何理解世界？虽然有些人期待着天空的智能设计，但其他人认为它是由DNA中编码的信息决定的。科学是揭示自然过程和运作的重要活动，但它也沉浸在一个社会背景中，在这个背景下，意识形态影响着我们提出的问题以及我们如何接近物质世界。《影响下的生物学：《自然与社会协同进化辩证论》突破了决定论的束缚，为理解动态的社会与自然世界提供了辩证的分析。在《影响下的生物学》一书中，理查德·列文廷和理查德·莱文斯对科学中的遗传决定论和还原论进行了毁灭性的批判，同时探讨了广泛的问题，包括科学的本质、生物学、进化论、环境、公共卫生和辩证法。他们瓦解了试图将社会不平等自然化的意识形态，揭示了科学和自然的异化，并说明了辩证立场如何成为应对历史发展和以变化为特征的世界的基础。《影响下的生物学》汇集了两位杰出科学家的启发性文章，他们致力于揭开公众对科学和自然的理解的神秘面纱并赋予其权力。
How do we understand the world? While some look to the heavens for intelligent design, others argue that it is determined by information encoded in DNA. Science serves as an important activity for uncovering the processes and operations of nature, but it is also immersed in a social context where ideology influences the questions we ask and how we approach the material world. "Biology Under the Influence: Dialectical Essays on the Coevolution of Nature and Society" breaks from the confines of determinism, offering a dialectical analysis for comprehending a dynamic social and natural world. In "Biology Under the Influence", Richard Lewontin and Richard Levins provide a devastating critique of genetic determinism and reductionism within science while exploring a broad range of issues including the nature of science, biology, evolution, the environment, public health, and dialectics. They dismantle the ideology that attempts to naturalize social inequalities, unveil the alienation of science and nature, and illustrate how a dialectical position serves as a basis for grappling with historical developments and a world characterized by change. "Biology Under the Influence" brings together the illuminating essays of two prominent scientists who work to demystify and empower the public's understanding of science and nature.