A structuralist analysis of Hill's theories: an elucidation of explanation in Biochemistry
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Explanation, Structuralism, Theory, Biochemistry, MechanismAbstract
Usually, scientists differentiate between explanatory and descriptive scientific theories. To be able to analyze this difference is necessary to provide a rigorous analysis of scientific theories - the structuralist point of view is a metatheoretic tool capable of offering the metatheoretic elements needed for this. The aim of the present work is to analyze Hill's theory (both as originally published and as presented in textbooks), a theory about the cooperative activity of the proteins, in order to elucidate the concept of explanation used in it.Downloads
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