Overview

Full Product Details

Author:   Cécilia Bognon-Küss (Université Paris 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne, France) ,  Charles T. Wolfe (Université de Toulouse-2 Jean Jaurès, France)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138652873

ISBN 10:   1138652873
Pages:   220
Publication Date:   19 February 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Table of Contents

"List of Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction Cécilia Bognon-Küss & Charles T. Wolfe. The idea of ""philosophy of biology before biology"": a methodological provocation Part I. FORM AND DEVELOPMENT Stéphane Schmitt. Buffon’s theories of generation and the changing dialectics of molds and molecules Phillip Sloan. Metaphysics and ""Vital"" Materialism: The Gabrielle Du Châtelet Circle and French Vitalism John Zammito. The Philosophical Reception of C. F. Wolff’s Epigenesis in Germany, 1770-1790: Herder, Tetens and Kant Part II. ORGANISM & ORGANIZATION François Duchesneau. Senebier and the Advent of General Physiology Tobias Cheung. Organization and Process. Living Systems Between Inner and Outer Worlds: Cuvier, Hufeland, Cabanis. Part III. SYSTEMS Georg Toepfer. Philosophy of Ecology Long Before Ecology: Kant’s Idea of an Organized System of Organized Beings Ina Goy. ""All is leaf"". Goethe's plant philosophy and poetry Snait Gissis. 'Biologie': Lamarck's endeavor of a science of living entities POSTSCRIPTS Lynn Nyhart. A Historical Proposal Around Prepositions Philippe Huneman. Philosophy after Philosophy of Biology before Biology Cécilia Bognon-Küss and Charles T. Wolfe. Conclusion"

Reviews

Author Information

Cécilia Bognon-Küss 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.

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions