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Philosophy of biology is the philosophical speculation about the living world. It deals with the definitions of fundamental concepts, such as “life,” “living organism,” “evolution,” and “biological species.” It elaborates the philosophical implications of biological theories (e.g., evolutionary theory) and scientific developments (e.g., biological cloning), and discusses the philosophical foundations of valid and reliable research methodologies in thelife sciences (see also cat. 6.1) (C. Zins, 2011).
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Three fields. While in practice there is one integrated field under the umbrella name “philosophy of biology,” theoretically this field is composed of three fields: philosophy of biology (philosophy of the living world), philosophy of biology (philosophy of biology as an academic field), and philosophy of human biolgy (C. Zins, 2011).
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