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The Immune System and Its Ecology*
2008
Philosophy of Science
In biology, the 'ecological orientation' rests on a commitment to examining systems, and the conceptual challenge of defining that system now employs techniques and concepts adapted from diverse disciplines (i.e., systems philosophy, cybernetics, information theory, computer science) that are applied to biological simulations and model building. Immunology has joined these efforts, and the question posed here is whether the discipline will remain committed to its theoretical concerns framed by
doi:10.1086/590200
fatcat:knadrbvbqzegdnwcq677256a4i