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Vitalism and the Scientific Image in Post-Enlightenment Life Science, 1800-2010

By Sebastian Normandin , Charles T. Wolfe (auth.) , Charles T. Wolfe (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Year
2013
ISBN
978-94-007-2444-0, 978-94-007-2445-7
DOI
10.1007/978-94-007-2445-7
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4006992 bytes)
Series
History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences 2
Edition
1
Pages
377\373
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-10-27 10:10:25
general; History of SciencePhilosophy of Biology; Systems Biology; Medicine/P

Description

Vitalism is understood as impacting the history of the life sciences, medicine and philosophy, representing an epistemological challenge to the dominance of mechanism over the last 200 years, and partly revived with organicism in early theoretical biology. The contributions in this volume portray the history of vitalism from the end of the Enlightenment to the modern day, suggesting some reassessment of what it means both historically and conceptually. As such it includes a wide range of material, employing both historical and philosophical methodologies, and it is divided fairly evenly between 19th and 20th century historical treatments and more contemporary analysis. This volume presents a significant contribution to the current literature in the history and philosophy of science and the history of medicine.

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