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The Problem of Animal Generation in Early Modern Philosophy

By Justin E. H. Smith

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2006
ISBN
0521840775, 9780521840774
LCC
QP251 .P76 2006
Open Library ID
OL3405992M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4356419 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology
Pages
471\471
Library
duansci.com
Time added
2010-05-12 16:22:54

Description

This book examines the early modern science of generation, which included the study of animal conception, heredity, and fetal development. Analyzing how it influenced the contemporary treatment of traditional philosophical questions, it also demonstrates how philosophical presuppositions about mechanism, substance, and cause informed the interpretations offered by those conducting empirical research on animal reproduction. Composed of cutting-edge essays written by an international team of leading scholars, the book offers a fresh perspective on some of the basic problems in early modern philosophy.

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