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Philosophy of Biology Before Biology (Hardcover)
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Philosophy of Biology Before Biology (Hardcover)
Series: History and Philosophy of Biology
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The use of the term "biology" to refer to a unified science of life
emerged around 1800 (most prominently by scientists such as Lamarck
and Treviranus, although scholarship has indicated its usage at
least 30-40 years earlier). The interplay between philosophy and
natural science has also accompanied the constitution of biology as
a science. Philosophy of Biology Before Biology examines biological
and protobiological writings from the mid-eighteenth century to the
early nineteenth century (from Buffon to Cuvier; Kant to Oken; and
Kielmeyer) with two major sets of questions in mind: What were the
distinctive conceptual features of the move toward biology as a
science? What were the relations and differences between the
"philosophical" focus on the nature of living entities, and the
"scientific" focus? This insightful volume produces a fresh but
also systematic perspective both on the history of biology as a
science and on the early versions of, in the 1960s in a
post-positivist context, the philosophy of biology. It will appeal
to students and researchers interested in fields such as history of
science, philosophy of science and biology.
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