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1 online resource |
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History and philosophy of biology |
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History and philosophy of biology (Routledge (Firm))
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Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Notes; References; 1 The idea of 'philosophy of biology before biology': a methodological provocation; Philosophy of biology before biology: an absurd idea?; Biology and philosophy of biology; Biological philosophy and philosophy of biology; 'Historical epistemology of the life sciences' and philosophy of biology; Philosophy of biology before biology: biology and the conceptual conditions of its emergence; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes |
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3 Metaphysics and "vital" materialism: Émilie Du Châtelet and the origins of French vitalismIntroduction; Leibnizian organic machines; Leibnizianism among the French: Du Châtelet's synthesis; Buffon's organic molecules; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; 4 The philosophical uptake of Caspar Friedrich Wolff in German philosophy after 1770: Tetens, Herder, Kant and Blumenbach; Introduction; Caspar Friedrich Wolff and epigenesis; Johann Nicolaus Tetens; Johann Gottfried Herder; Immanuel Kant; Blumenbach between Kant and Wolff; Conclusion; Notes; References |
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Part II: Organism and organization5 Senebier and the advent of general physiology; Introduction; Physiology and the functioning of plants; Extension of patterns to animal physiology; Conclusion; Notes; References; 6 Organization and process. Living systems between inner and outer worlds: Cuvier, Hufeland, Cabanis; Introduction; Cuvier's science of organized beings; Hufeland's reproductive organisms; Cabanis's organic networks of reaction centers; Concluding remarks; Notes; References; Part III: Systems |
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7 Philosophy of ecology long before ecology: Kant's idea of an organized system of organized beingsTwo traditions of defining ecology; Ecological ideas in the physico-theological tradition; Kant's systems thinking; Kant's ecology: "organizing systems of organized bodies"; Kant's contribution to ecology; References; 8 "All is leaf ": Goethe's plant philosophy and poetry; 1 The primal plant and its organ, the leaf; 2 The metamorphosis of the leaf; Conclusion; Abbreviations; Notes; References; 9 'Biologie': Lamarck's endeavor of a science of living entities; Introduction |
| Summary |
The use of the term "biology" to refer to a unified science of life emerged around 1800 (most prominently by scientists such as Lamarck and Treviranus, although scholarship has indicated its usage at least 30-40 years earlier). The interplay between philosophy and natural science has also accompanied the constitution of biology as a science. Philosophy of Biology Before Biology examines biological and protobiological writings from the mid-eighteenth century to the early nineteenth century (from Buffon to Cuvier; Kant to Oken; and Kielmeyer) with two major sets of questions in mind: What were the distinctive conceptual features of the move toward biology as a science? What were the relations and differences between the "philosophical" focus on the nature of living entities, and the "scientific" focus? This insightful volume produces a fresh but also systematic perspective both on the history of biology as a science and on the early versions of, in the 1960s in a post-positivist context, the philosophy of biology. It will appeal to students and researchers interested in fields such as history of science, philosophy of science and biology |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Câecilia Bognon-Kèuss is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Paris 7 ('Who am I?' Labex). Charles T. Wolfe is a researcher in the Department of Philosophy and Moral Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 26, 2019) |
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Biology -- Philosophy -- History -- 18th century
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Biology -- Philosophy -- History -- 19th century
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Philosophy of nature -- History -- 18th century
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Philosophy of nature -- History -- 19th century
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NATURE -- Reference.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biology.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
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Biology -- Philosophy
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Philosophy of nature
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bognon-Küss, Cécilia, editor.
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Wolfe, Charles T., editor.
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| ISBN |
9781315623955 |
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1315623951 |
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9781317227557 |
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1317227557 |
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9781317227564 |
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1317227565 |
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9781317227540 |
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1317227549 |
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