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Holobionts: Ecological communities, hybrids, or biological individuals? A metaphysical perspective on multispecies systems 全息生物:生态群落、杂交体还是生物个体?多物种系统的形而上学观点

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Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C-Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences Pub Date : 2020-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2020.101323

Vanessa Triviño , Javier Suárez

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Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C-Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences Pub Date : 2020-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2020.101330

Rachel A. Ankeny

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Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C-Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences Pub Date : 2020-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2020.101332

Margaret Derry

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A gradient framework for wild foods 野生食物的梯度框架

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Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C-Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences Pub Date : 2020-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2020.101293

Andrea Borghini, Nicola Piras, Beatrice Serini

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引用次数: 7

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Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C-Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences Pub Date : 2020-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2020.101329

Bernard Lightman

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Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C-Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences Pub Date : 2020-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2020.101324

Pierre-Luc Germain

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‘Ethnobiological equivocation’ and other misunderstandings in the interpretation of natures “民族生物学的模棱两可”和其他对自然解释的误解

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Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C-Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences Pub Date : 2020-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2020.101333

Violeta Furlan , N. David Jiménez-Escobar , Fernando Zamudio , Celeste Medrano

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引用次数: 9

Mapping styles of ethnobiological thinking in North and Latin America: Different kinds of integration between biology, anthropology, and TEK 北美和拉丁美洲民族生物学思维的绘制风格:生物学、人类学和人类学之间的不同整合

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Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C-Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences Pub Date : 2020-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2020.101308

Radamés Villagómez -Reséndiz Ph.D. Mesoamerican Studies (Anthropology)

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引用次数: 5

Mental health, normativity, and local knowledge in global perspective 全球视角下的心理健康、规范性和地方知识

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Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C-Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences Pub Date : 2020-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2020.101334

Elena Popa

{"title":"Mental health, normativity, and local knowledge in global perspective","authors":"Elena Popa","doi":"10.1016/j.shpsc.2020.101334","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.shpsc.2020.101334","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>Approaching mental health on a global scale with particular reference to low- and mid-income countries raises issues concerning the disregard of the local context and values and the imposition of values characteristic of the Global North. Seeking a philosophical viewpoint to surmount these problems, the present paper argues for a value-laden framework for psychiatry<span> with the specific incorporation of value pluralism, particularly in relation to the Global South context, while also emphasizing personal values such as the choice of treatment. In sketching out this framework, the paper aims to overcome the clash between universalism and relativism about psychiatric categories by focusing on how overlaps between cultures can contribute to ontology-building. A case study analyzing ethnopsychiatric research in the context of South India will illustrate the proposed view, while also pointing out avenues for further research on the causal efficacy of local shared beliefs about mental disorder. If approaches across different traditions and theoretical frames are shown to work in treating similar </span></span>ailments, causal connections appear to cut across the different ontologies. Ethnopsychiatry would play a central role in such research, namely in disclosing the variables and mechanisms at work within the local approaches.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48557,"journal":{"name":"Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C-Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences","volume":"84 ","pages":"Article 101334"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2020-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.shpsc.2020.101334","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38371862","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Not by structures alone: Can the immune system recognize microbial functions? 不仅仅是结构:免疫系统能识别微生物的功能吗?

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Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C-Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences Pub Date : 2020-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2020.101336

Gregor P. Greslehner

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