Thomas Pradeu, Elizabeth Vitanza

Gebundenes Buch

Limits of the Self

Immunology and Biological Identity

Beschreibung

What counts as an individual in the living world? What does it mean for a living thing to remain the same through time, while constantly changing? Immunology answers these questions with its theory of "self" and "nonself" which has dominated the field since the 1940s. Thomas Pradeu argues that this theory is inadequate, because immune responses to self constituents and immune tolerance of foreign entities are the rule, not the exception.

Autor

Thomas Pradeu is Senior Researcher at the CNRS & University of Bordeaux (France). From 2008 to 2014, he was Associate Professor in Philosophy of Science at Paris-Sorbonne University. He is also Associated Researcher at IHPST Paris. His research deals mainly with the definition of the organism, the notion of biological individuality, and the concept of "self" as it appears in today's immunology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Februar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 144mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 507g
• ISBN-13: 9780199775286
• ISBN-10: 0199775281
• Artikelnr.: 34158023