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LoC No.: a14003023
Title: The philosophy of biology
Note: Reading ease score: 44.9 (College-level). Difficult to read.
Contents: The conceptual world -- The organism as a mechanism -- The activities of the organism -- The vital impetus -- The individual and the species -- Transformism -- The meaning of evolution -- The organic and the inorganic -- Appendix: Mathematical and physical notions.
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Summary: "The Philosophy of Biology" by James Johnstone is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. This work explores the philosophical implications and foundations of biological science, particularly focusing on concepts like consciousness, perception, and the nature of living organisms. Johnstone aims to develop a deeper understanding of biology through the lens of philosophy, suggesting that current biological theories may need to reassess their foundational philosophies as scientific knowledge evolves. At the start of the text, the author introduces the interplay between perception and the understanding of the biological organism's existence, arguing that consciousness shapes how organisms perceive and interact with their environment. Johnstone discusses the limitations of purely mechanistic explanations in biology, emphasizing that biological functions cannot be fully understood through the same frameworks that apply to physical phenomena. He sets the stage for a philosophical discussion on the nature of life, suggesting that much like physics evolved, biology too must evolve to grasp the complexities of life beyond mechanistic interpretations. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Johnstone, James, 1870-1932
EBook No.: 61663
Published: Mar 23, 2020
Downloads: 66
Language: English
Subject: Biology
LoCC: Science: Natural history
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
LoC No.: a14003023
Title: The philosophy of biology
Note: Reading ease score: 44.9 (College-level). Difficult to read.
Contents: The conceptual world -- The organism as a mechanism -- The activities of the organism -- The vital impetus -- The individual and the species -- Transformism -- The meaning of evolution -- The organic and the inorganic -- Appendix: Mathematical and physical notions.
Credits:
Produced by Thiers Halliwell, Richard Hulse, Bryan Ness
and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at
https:
//www.pgdp.net
(This file was produced from images
generously made available by The Internet Archive/American
Libraries.)
Summary: "The Philosophy of Biology" by James Johnstone is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. This work explores the philosophical implications and foundations of biological science, particularly focusing on concepts like consciousness, perception, and the nature of living organisms. Johnstone aims to develop a deeper understanding of biology through the lens of philosophy, suggesting that current biological theories may need to reassess their foundational philosophies as scientific knowledge evolves. At the start of the text, the author introduces the interplay between perception and the understanding of the biological organism's existence, arguing that consciousness shapes how organisms perceive and interact with their environment. Johnstone discusses the limitations of purely mechanistic explanations in biology, emphasizing that biological functions cannot be fully understood through the same frameworks that apply to physical phenomena. He sets the stage for a philosophical discussion on the nature of life, suggesting that much like physics evolved, biology too must evolve to grasp the complexities of life beyond mechanistic interpretations. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Johnstone, James, 1870-1932
EBook No.: 61663
Published: Mar 23, 2020
Downloads: 66
Language: English
Subject: Biology
LoCC: Science: Natural history
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.