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Cancer research. A Study of Praxis-Related Theoretical Developments in Chemistry, The Biosciences and Medicine

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Finalization in Science

Part of the book series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science ((BSPS,volume 77))

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This study examines how and under what conditions scientific disciplines establish practice-oriented research in the boundary zone between biology and medicine, and in particular considers a number of attempts at the direction of theory-construction and research towards the problem of cancer.1

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Hohlfeld, R. (1983). Cancer research. A Study of Praxis-Related Theoretical Developments in Chemistry, The Biosciences and Medicine. In: Schäfer, W. (eds) Finalization in Science. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol 77. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7080-9_5

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