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10.1002/chin.200138165

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1573-1901

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Explanatory Pluralism in the Life Sciences

Authors: Anya Plutynski
Publish Date: 2016/07/11
Volume: 25, Issue: 5-6, Pages: 681-689
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Explanation in Biology An Inquiry into the Diversity of Explanatory Patterns in the Life Sciences edited by PierreAlain Braillard and Christophe Malaterre is a welcome contribution to the growing literature on the diversity of explanatory practices in biology In this review I will briefly reflect on central themes of the volume discuss how these themes are addressed in several key chapters and then reflect on how this volume may be of use to readers of Science EducationThe book is organized into five main parts Part I—Explanatory Pluralism in Biology Part II—Mechanistic Explanation Part III—the Role of Mathematics in Biological Explanation Part IV—the Role of Heuristics in Biological Explanation and Part V—New Theories of Explanation in Biology and Elsewhere The volume combines work by both senior scholars eg Michele Morange William Bechtel and upandcoming junior scholars eg Francesca Merlin Tudor Bateau and has impressive breadth—covering

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  1. Seeking historical examples to illustrate key aspects of the nature of science
  2. Errors in Science and their Treatment in Teaching Science
  3. On the Concept of Force: How Understanding its History can Improve Physics Teaching
  4. The Lens of Chemistry
  5. Understanding Students’ Reasoning: Argumentation Schemes as an Interpretation Method in Science Education
  6. A Critique of Science Education as Sociopolitical Action from the Perspective of Liberal Education
  7. John Hedley Brooke and Ronald L. Numbers (eds): Science and Religion Around the World
  8. Spanish Secondary-School Science Teachers’ Beliefs About Science-Technology-Society (STS) Issues
  9. Chemistry and Chemical Education Through Text and Image: Analysis of Twentieth Century Textbooks Used in Brazilian Context
  10. Matthew Cobb (2007): The Egg & Sperm Race: The Seventeenth - Century Scientists Who Unraveled the Secrets of Sex, Life, and Growth
  11. Teaching About the Epistemology of Science in Upper Secondary Schools: An Analysis of Teachers’ Classroom Talk
  12. Teaching and assessing the nature of science: An introduction
  13. Tacit Beginnings Towards a Model of Scientific Thinking
  14. James Franklin: What Science Knows and How it Knows it
  15. Introduction of the Thematic Issue on the Interplay of Physics and Mathematics
  16. The Evolution of Teaching Instruments and Their Use Between 1800 and 1930
  17. Barry J. Fraser, Kenneth G. Tobin and Campbell J. McRobbie (eds): Second International Handbook of Science Education
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