Postgraduate Module Descriptor


SOCM016: Cultures of the Life Sciences

This module descriptor refers to the 2023/4 academic year.

Indicative Reading List

This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.

Desmond, A. & Moore, J. (1992). Darwin. Penguin.

Dupre, J (1993) The Disorder of Things. Cambridge University Press.

Mueller-Wille, S and Rheinberger, H (2018) The Gene: From Genetics to Postgenomics. Chicago University Press.

Sarkar, S., & Plutynski, A., Eds. (2008). A companion to the philosophy of biology. Oxford: Blackwell.

Sterelny, K. & Griffiths, P. (1999). Sex and Death: An Introduction to Philosophy of Biology (Chicago: University of Chicago Press)

Wimsatt, W. (2007). Re-engineering philosophy for limited beings. Harvard: HUP.