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Immunology and individuality

Immunology and philosophy have a rich history of dialogue. Immunologists have long been influenced by ideas from philosophy, notably the concept of 'self', and many philosophers have explored the conceptual, theoretical and methodological foundations of immunology. Here, I discuss two aspe...

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Autor principal: Pradeu, Thomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6450664/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30950794
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.47384
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spelling pubmed-64506642019-04-08 Immunology and individuality Pradeu, Thomas eLife Immunology and Inflammation Immunology and philosophy have a rich history of dialogue. Immunologists have long been influenced by ideas from philosophy, notably the concept of 'self', and many philosophers have explored the conceptual, theoretical and methodological foundations of immunology. Here, I discuss two aspects of this dialogue: biological individuality and immunogenicity. eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2019-04-05 /pmc/articles/PMC6450664/ /pubmed/30950794 http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.47384 Text en © 2019, Pradeu http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6450664/
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