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Biology, History, and Natural Philosophy

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    Book Overview
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    Chapter 1 The Autonomy of Biology as a Natural Science
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    Chapter 2 The Model of Open Systems: Beyond Molecular Biology
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    Chapter 3 Electronic Mobility in Biological Processes
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    Chapter 4 The Evolution and Organization of Sentient Biological Behavior Systems
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    Chapter 5 The Evolutionary Significance of Biological Templates
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    Chapter 6 Evolutionary Modulation of Ribosomal RNA Synthesis in Oogenesis and Early Embryonic Development
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    Chapter 7 Respiration as Interface Between Self and Non-Self: Historico-Biological Perspectives
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    Chapter 8 Measurement Theory and Biology
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    Chapter 9 The Transition from Theoretical Physics into Theoretical Biology
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    Chapter 10 Scientific Enterprises from a Biological Point of View
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    Chapter 11 Historical Observations Concerning the Relationship Between Biology and Mathematics
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    Chapter 12 A Survey of the Mechanical Interpretations of Life from the Greek Atomists to the Followers of Descartes
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    Chapter 13 The Place of Normative Ethics Within a Biological Framework
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    Chapter 14 The Evolutionary Thought of Teilhard de Chardin
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    Chapter 15 The Use of Biological Concepts in the Writing of History
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    Chapter 16 What is a Historical System?
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    Chapter 17 On a Difference Between the Natural Sciences and History
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    Chapter 18 Historical Taxonomy
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    Chapter 19 Theories of the Universe in the Late Eighteenth Century
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    Chapter 20 “Must a Machine be an Automaton?”
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    Chapter 21 Epistemology, the Mind and the Computer
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    Chapter 22 Marginal Notes on Schrödinger
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Chapter title
A Survey of the Mechanical Interpretations of Life from the Greek Atomists to the Followers of Descartes
Chapter number 12
Book title
Biology, History, and Natural Philosophy
Published by
Springer, Boston, MA, January 1972
DOI 10.1007/978-1-4684-1695-4_12
Book ISBNs
978-1-4684-1697-8, 978-1-4684-1695-4
Authors

Mirko D. Grmek