{"product_id":"explaining-cancer-finding-order-in-disorder-9780199967452","title":"Explaining Cancer: Finding Order in Disorder","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Explaining Cancer  Anya Plutynski addresses a variety of philosophical questions that arise in the context of cancer science and medicine. She begins with the following concerns:  How do scientists classify cancer? Do these classifications reflect natures \"joints\"?  How do cancer scientists identify and classify early stage cancers?  What does it mean to say that cancer is a \"genetic\" disease? What role do genes play in \"mechanisms for\" cancer?  What are the most important environmental causes of cancer  and how do epidemiologists investigate these causes?  How exactly has our evolutionary history made us vulnerable to cancer?  Explaining Cancer uses these questions as an entre into a family of philosophical debates. It uses case studies of scientific practice to reframe philosophical debates about natural classification in science and medicine  the problem of drawing the line between disease and health  mechanistic reasoning in science  pragmatics and evidence  the roles of models and modeling in science  and the nature of scientific explanation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67902167121973,"sku":"ByrdShop_0199967458","price":74.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780199967452.jpg?v=1793820473","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/explaining-cancer-finding-order-in-disorder-9780199967452","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}