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Project

Interdisciplinarity, causation and explanatory pluralism in the biomedical sciences

Explanations of diseases can result from a biological, pshycological or social science approach. This project examines how these approaches relate to each other in the biomedical sciences. Should they be integrated? Are they, on the other hand, incompatible? Etc. We will address these questions by comparing the causal concepts, methdology and forms of explanation applied in these different approaches.

Date:1 Jan 2007 →  30 Dec 2012
Keywords:explanatory pluralism, biomedical sciences, interdisciplinarity, causal pluralism, philosophy of science
Disciplines:General pedagogical and educational sciences, Other philosophy, ethics and religious studies not elsewhere classified, Social medical sciences, Evolutionary biology, Ethics, Theory and methodology of philosophy, Philosophy, Communication sciences, General biology