Biology, History, and Natural Philosophy

ISBN-13: 9781468416978 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 356 str.

Allan D. Breck; Allan D. Breck

Opis

In a world that peers over the brink of disaster more often than not it is difficult to find specific assignments for the scholarly community. Time and again we have seen science precipitate social trends or changes in the humanistic beliefs that have a significant effect on the scientific community.

Spis treści

I. The Autonomy of Biology as a Natural Science.- II. The Model of Open Systems: Beyond Molecular Biology.- III. Electronic Mobility in Biological Processes.- IV. The Evolution and Organization of Sentient Biological Behavior Systems.- V. The Evolutionary Significance of Biological Templates.- VI. Evolutionary Modulation of Ribosomal RNA Synthesis in Oogenesis and Early Embryonic Development.- VII. Respiration as Interface Between Self and Non-Self: Historico-Biological Perspectives.- VIII. Measurement Theory and Biology.- IX. The Transition from Theoretical Physics into Theoretical Biology.- X. Scientific Enterprises from a Biological Point of View.- XI. Historical Observations Concerning the Relationship Between Biology and Mathematics.- XII. A Survey of the Mechanical Interpretations of Life from Greek Atomists to the Followers of Descartes.- XIII. The Place of Normative Ethics Within a Biological Framework.- XIV. The Evolutionary Thought of Teilhard De Chardin.- XV. The Use of Biological Concepts in in the Writing of History.- XVI. What is a Historical System?.- XVII. On a Difference Between the Natural Sciences and History.- XVIII. Historical Taxonomy.- XIX. Theories of the Universe in the Late Eighteenth Century.- XX. Must a Machine be an Automaton?.- XXI. Epistemology, the Mind and the Computer.- XXII. Marginal Notes on Schrödinger.