Koskinen, Rami (2016) Synthetic Biology and the Search for Alternative Genetic Systems: Taking How-Possibly Models Seriously. In: UNSPECIFIED.
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How-possibly models are usually treated as some kind of second-rate theoretical tools. They may be indispensable in the early stages of theorizing, but do not constitute the main aim of modeling, namely, the discovering of a one true mechanism responsible for the phenomenon under study. I argue that this prevailing picture does not do justice to the synthetic strategy that is commonly used in the engineering sciences. In synthetic biology, how-possibly models are not something to be eliminated by a more detailed analysis, but rather design hypotheses for a field whose ultimate goal is to build novel biological systems.
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| Keywords: | how-possibly models, synthetic biology, engineering design, alternative genetic systems | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology General Issues > Models and Idealization |
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| Depositing User: | Mr Rami Koskinen | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 31 Oct 2016 12:49 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 31 Oct 2016 12:49 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 12538 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology General Issues > Models and Idealization |
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| Date: | 2016 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/12538 |
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