Long-term potentiation
one kind or many?
pp. 127-140
Abstract
Do neurobiologists aim to discover natural kinds? I address this question in this chapter via a critical analysis of classification practices operative across the 43-year history of research on long-term potentiation (LTP). I suggest that this 43-year history supports the idea that the structure of scientific practice surrounding LTP research has remained an obstacle to the discovery of natural kinds as philosophers of science have traditionally conceived them.
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Adams Marcus P, Biener Zvi, Feest Uljana, Sullivan Jacqueline A. (2017) Eppur si muove: doing history and philosophy of science with Peter Machamer. Dordrecht, Springer.
Pages: 127-140
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-52768-0_9
Full citation:
Sullivan Jacqueline A. (2017) „Long-term potentiation: one kind or many?“, In: M.P. Adams, Z. Biener, U. Feest & J. Sullivan (eds.), Eppur si muove, Dordrecht, Springer, 127–140.