The Immune Self: Theory or Metaphor?

(Part of the Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology Series)

by Alfred I. Tauber

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The Immune Self is a critical study of immunology from its origins at the end of the nineteenth century to its contemporary formulation. The book offers the first extended philosophical critique of immunology, in which the function of the term self that underlies the structure of current immune theory is analyzed. However, this analysis is carefully integrated into a broad survey of the major scientific developments in immunology, a discussion of...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521574439

ISBN13:9780521574433

Release Date:October 1996

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:368 Pages

Weight:1.14 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"

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