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Title: Beyond Mechanism
Condition: New
EAN: 9781498511223
ISBN: 9781498511223
Publisher: Lexington Books
Format: Paperback
Release Date: 25/02/2015
Item Height: 229mm
Item Length: 155mm
Item Width: 29mm
Item Weight: 767g
Author: Adam Scarfe, Brian G. Henning
Language: English
Subtitle: Putting Life Back Into Biology
ISBN-10: 1498511228
Description: It has been said that new discoveries and developments in the human, social, and natural sciences hang “in the air” (Bowler, 1983; 2008) prior to their consummation. While neo-Darwinist biology has been powerfully served by its mechanistic metaphysic and a reductionist methodology in which living organisms are considered machines, many of the chapters in this volume place this paradigm into question. Pairing scientists and philosophers together, this volume explores what might be termed “the New Frontiers” of biology, namely contemporary areas of research that appear to call an updating, a supplementation, or a relaxation of some of the main tenets of the Modern Synthesis. Such areas of investigation include: Emergence Theory, Systems Biology, Biosemiotics, Homeostasis, Symbiogenesis, Niche Construction, the Theory of Organic Selection (also known as “the Baldwin Effect”), Self-Organization and Teleodynamics, as well as Epigenetics. Most of the chapters in this book offer critical reflections on the neo-Darwinist outlook and work to promote a novel synthesis that is open to a greater degree of inclusivity as well as to a more holistic orientation in the biological sciences.
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality
Topic: Science Nature & Math
Release Year: 2015

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