Stotz, Karola and Griffiths, Paul E. and Knight, Rob (2004) How Biologists Conceptualize Genes: An empirical study. [Preprint]

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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.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Stotz, Karola Griffiths, Paul E. Knight, Rob
Additional Information:	The raw data for this study will appear on this site as soon as the authors have negotiated with the site administrators about placing files with .sav extensions on the site. In the meantime, the data can be accessed at http://www.uq.edu.au/biohumanities/
Keywords:	gene conceptual change molecular biology Gene-D Gene-P
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Biology > Molecular Biology/Genetics General Issues > Theory Change
Depositing User:	Professor Paul Edmund Griffiths
Date Deposited:	22 Dec 2004
Last Modified:	07 Oct 2010 17:34
Item ID:	2127
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Biology > Molecular Biology/Genetics General Issues > Theory Change
Date:	December 2004
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/2127

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