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<p><strong>Biophilosophy</strong> is a subfield of philosophy of science, which deals with epistemological, metaphysical, and ethical issues in the biological and biomedical sciences. <br />
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Philosophers of science and philosophers generally have long been interested in biology (e.g., Aristotle, Descartes, and even Kant). Philsophy originally emerged as biophilosophy in ancient times. [[Pythagoras ]] was perhaps the oldest known western biophilosopher. <br />
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Philosophers of science then began paying increasing attention to developments in biology, from the rise of Neodarwinism in the 1930s and 1940s to the modelling of the DNA in the early 1950's to more recent advances in genetic engineering. Other key ideas such as the reduction of all life processes to biochemical reactions as well as the incorporation of psychology into a broader neuroscience are also addressed.</p>
<li>Richard Lewontin </li>
<li>Ernst Mayr </li>
<li>Stephen Jay Gould</li> <li>Jong Bhak </li>
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