Gillies, D;
(2019)
Commentary on Kate E. Lynch, Emily C. Parke, and Maureen A. O’Malley: ‘How Causal are Microbiomes? A Comparison with the Helicobacter pylori Explanation of Ulcers’.
Biology & Philosophy
, 34
(6)
, Article 56. 10.1007/s10539-019-9707-x.
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Abstract
This commentary focuses on the authors’ treatment of Koch’s postulates. It argues in favour of a modification of Koch’s postulates and their analysis in terms of necessary and sufficient conditions. This leads to a criticism of the authors’ treatment of the C. difficile case, and to query the need for the criteria of specificity and proportionality.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Commentary on Kate E. Lynch, Emily C. Parke, and Maureen A. O’Malley: ‘How Causal are Microbiomes? A Comparison with the Helicobacter pylori Explanation of Ulcers’ |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10539-019-9707-x |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-019-9707-x |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2019 Springer Nature. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | Microbiomes, Causality, Koch’s postulates, Helicobacter pylori, C. difficile |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Science and Technology Studies |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10091513 |
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