| Description |
1 online resource (336 pages) |
| Series |
Process Thought ; v. 26 |
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Process thought.
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| Contents |
Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Contributors; Introduction: The Need for a New Biophilosophy; Teleology and the Life Sciences: Between Limit Concept and Ontological Necessity; The Experience of Environmental Phosphate Fluctuations by Cyanobacteria: An Essay on the Teleological Feature of Physiological Adaptation; Beyond Systems Theoretical Explanations of an Organism's Becoming: A Process Philosophical Approach; Process and Action: Whitehead's Ontological Units and Perceptuomotor Control Units; Life in the Interstices: Systems Biology and Process Thought; Quantum Biology: A Live Option |
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The Effect of Mind upon BrainA Fourth Variable in Evolution; No Need for Dualism in Evolutionary Theory. A Comment on John B. Cobb's "A Fourth Variable in Evolution"; Response to Andrew Packard; Erkki Haukioja to the Rescue?; Evolution without Tears: A Third Way beyond Neo-Darwinism and Intelligent Design; Covariance and Evolution; Index |
| Summary |
The Cartesian metaphysical background of most contemporary bio-scientists limits their ability to understand the uniqueness of biological processes. The authors of this volume explore the viability of process ontology for increasing our understanding of core concepts of biology such as organism, evolution, and teleology. The book presents a new philosophical approach to several dimensions of the phenomenon of life |
| Analysis |
A.N. Whitehead |
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Biophilosophy |
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Organism |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Biology -- Philosophy.
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Biology -- Philosophy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2014009176 |
| ISBN |
9783110352597 |
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3110352591 |
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