J. H. Woodger

Biological Principles

A Critical Study

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First published in 2000. This is Volume VI of six in the Library of Philosophy series on the Philosophy of Science. Written in 1929, using the initial ideas of A.N. Whitehead, this book on Biological Principles includes the concept of abstraction methodology in biology. This expands into an investigation into the general problems of the theory of knowledge, difficulties in biological knowledge and finally suggestions towards a resolution of certain traditional biological conflicts.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 518
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 776g
• ISBN-13: 9780415225700
• ISBN-10: 0415225701
• Artikelnr.: 22361190

Autorenporträt

J H Woodger

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I The Data of Natural Science and Principles of Systematization
Chapter 1 Phenomenalism and Kindred Doctrines
Chapter 2 An Alternative to Phenomenalism
Chapter 3 The Categories of Substance and Causation and Their Use in Modern Natural Science
Chapter 4 Demands, Postulates, and Subjective Factors in Knowledge
Part II Problems of Biological Knowledge
Chapter 5 The Antithesis between Vitalism and Mechanism
Chapter 6 The Theory of Biological Explanation
Chapter 7 The Antithesis between Structure and Function
Chapter 8 The Antithesis between Organism and Environment
Chapter 9 The Antithesis Between Preformation and Epigenesis
Chapter 10 The Antithesis between Teleology and Causation
Chapter 11 The Antithesis between Mind and Body
Chapter 12 The Future of Biology