How biologists conceptualize genes: an empirical study Export

@article{citeulike:5041008, abstract = {Philosophers and historians of biology have argued that genes are conceptualized differently in different fields of biology and that these differences influence both the conduct of research and the interpretation of research by audiences outside the field in which the research was conducted. In this paper we report the results of a questionnaire study of how genes are conceptualized by biological scientists at the University of Sydney, Australia. The results provide tentative support for some hypotheses about conceptual differences between different fields of biological research.}, author = {Stotz, K. and Griffiths, Paul E. and Knight, Rob}, citeulike-article-id = {5041008}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsc.2004.09.005}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1369-8486(04)00069-X}, doi = {10.1016/j.shpsc.2004.09.005}, issn = {13698486}, journal = {Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences}, keywords = {biology, genetics, philosophy, philsci}, month = {December}, number = {4}, pages = {647--673}, posted-at = {2009-07-02 10:29:24}, priority = {0}, title = {How biologists conceptualize genes: an empirical study}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsc.2004.09.005}, volume = {35}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5041008 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5041008 N2 - Philosophers and historians of biology have argued that genes are conceptualized differently in different fields of biology and that these differences influence both the conduct of research and the interpretation of research by audiences outside the field in which the research was conducted. In this paper we report the results of a questionnaire study of how genes are conceptualized by biological scientists at the University of Sydney, Australia. The results provide tentative support for some hypotheses about conceptual differences between different fields of biological research. IS - 4 JF - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences SN - 13698486 EP - 673 TI - How biologists conceptualize genes: an empirical study VL - 35 SP - 647 KW - biology KW - genetics KW - philosophy KW - philsci AU - Stotz, K AU - Griffiths, Paul AU - Knight, Rob PY - 2004/12// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsc.2004.09.005 ER -