Pradeu, Thomas.

The limits of the self immunology and biological identity / [electronic resource] : Thomas Pradeu and Elizabeth Vitanza. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Immunology asserts that an individual can be defined through self and nonself. Thomas Pradeu argues that this theory is inadequate, because immune responses to self constituents and immune tolerance of foreign entities are the rule, not the exception.

9780199932818


Immune system.
Immunology--Philosophy.
Self (Philosophy)

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