List of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgments1. Introduction: The Scope and Aim of This Book2. Discovery in the Biomedical Sciences: Logic or Intuitive Genius (or Both)?3. Theories and "Laws" in Biology and Medicine4. The Logic and Methodology of Empirical Testing in Biology and Medicine5. Evaluation: Local and Global Approaches6. Explanation and Causation in Biology and Medicine: General Considerations7. Historicity, Historical Explanations, and Evolutionary Theory8. Functional Analysis and Teleological Explanation9. Reduction and Reductionism in Biology and Medicine10. Conclusion and Research Issues for the FutureNotesBibliographyIndex