Conceptual Reconstruction and Epistemic Import: Allosteric Mechanistic Explanations As a Unified Theory-Net
The goal of this article is to show that formal analysis and reconstructions may be useful to discuss and shed light on substantive meta-theoretical issues. We proceed here by exemplification, analysing and reconstructing as a case study a paradigmatic biochemical theory, the Monod-Wyman-Changeux (...
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The goal of this article is to show that formal analysis and reconstructions may be useful to discuss and shed light on substantive meta-theoretical issues. We proceed here by exemplification, analysing and reconstructing as a case study a paradigmatic biochemical theory, the Monod-Wyman-Changeux (MWC) theory of allosterism, and applying the reconstruction to the discussion of some issues raised by prominent representatives of the new mechanist philosophy. We conclude that our study shows that at least in this case mechanicism and (some version of) more traditional accounts are not rivals but complementary approaches.
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| spelling | doaj-art-b27d534fafeb45b2ae10496198852ca72025-08-20T03:41:50ZengUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)Crítica0011-15031870-49052018-10-014914610.22201/iifs.18704905e.2017.179Conceptual Reconstruction and Epistemic Import: Allosteric Mechanistic Explanations As a Unified Theory-NetKarina Alleva0José Díez1Lucía Federico2Universidad de Buenos Aires – CONICETUniversidad de BarcelonaUniversidad Nacional de Quilmes The goal of this article is to show that formal analysis and reconstructions may be useful to discuss and shed light on substantive meta-theoretical issues. We proceed here by exemplification, analysing and reconstructing as a case study a paradigmatic biochemical theory, the Monod-Wyman-Changeux (MWC) theory of allosterism, and applying the reconstruction to the discussion of some issues raised by prominent representatives of the new mechanist philosophy. We conclude that our study shows that at least in this case mechanicism and (some version of) more traditional accounts are not rivals but complementary approaches. https://critica.filosoficas.unam.mx/index.php/critica/article/view/179allosterismMonodmechanismstheory-netsstructuralismexplanation |
| spellingShingle | Karina Alleva José Díez Lucía Federico Conceptual Reconstruction and Epistemic Import: Allosteric Mechanistic Explanations As a Unified Theory-Net Crítica allosterism Monod mechanisms theory-nets structuralism explanation |
| title | Conceptual Reconstruction and Epistemic Import: Allosteric Mechanistic Explanations As a Unified Theory-Net |
| title_full | Conceptual Reconstruction and Epistemic Import: Allosteric Mechanistic Explanations As a Unified Theory-Net |
| title_fullStr | Conceptual Reconstruction and Epistemic Import: Allosteric Mechanistic Explanations As a Unified Theory-Net |
| title_full_unstemmed | Conceptual Reconstruction and Epistemic Import: Allosteric Mechanistic Explanations As a Unified Theory-Net |
| title_short | Conceptual Reconstruction and Epistemic Import: Allosteric Mechanistic Explanations As a Unified Theory-Net |
| title_sort | conceptual reconstruction and epistemic import allosteric mechanistic explanations as a unified theory net |
| topic | allosterism Monod mechanisms theory-nets structuralism explanation |
| url | https://critica.filosoficas.unam.mx/index.php/critica/article/view/179 |
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