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Author:   Marjorie Grene ,  Everett Mendelson
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic Publishers
Volume:   27
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.760kg
ISBN:  

9789027705969

ISBN 10:   9027705968
Pages:   454
Publication Date:   31 December 1975
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

I/History.- Aristotle and Modern Biology.- Philosophical Biology versus Experimental Biology.- D’Arcy Thompson and the Science of Form.- II/ Reducibility.- The Watson-Crick Model and Reductionism.- Life’s Irreducible Structure.- III/Problems of Explanation in Biology.- A. Levels of Organization.- Organizational Levels and Explanation.- Physical Theories of Biological Co-ordination.- Complexity and Organization.- B. Function and Teleology.- Function and Teleology.- Functions.- C. Pluralistic Explanation.- Articulation of Parts Explanation in Biology and the Rational Search for Them.- IV/Evolution.- The Strategy of Evolution.- Evolution and the Theory of Games.- Biology as an Autonomous Science.- Biological Adaptation.- V/Species Problem.- Species Concepts and Definitions.- Biological Classification.- Contemporary Systematic Philosophies.- Further Reading.

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