The New Biology : : A Battle between Mechanism and Organicism / / Michael J. Reiss, Michael Ruse.
In this accessible analysis, a philosopher and a science educator look at biological theory and society through a synthesis of mechanistic and organicist points of view to best understand the complexity of life and biological systems.The search for a unified framework for biology is as old as Plato’...
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Reiss, Michael J., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The New Biology : A Battle between Mechanism and Organicism / Michael J. Reiss, Michael Ruse. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2023] ©2023 1 online resource (304 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Prologue -- 1 · Mechanism Triumphant -- 2 · Organicism Strikes Back -- 3 · The New Biology -- 4 · Health -- 5 · Sex and Gender -- 6 · Race -- 7 · Mother Earth -- 8 · God and the New Biology -- 9 · Biology Education -- Epilogue -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star In this accessible analysis, a philosopher and a science educator look at biological theory and society through a synthesis of mechanistic and organicist points of view to best understand the complexity of life and biological systems.The search for a unified framework for biology is as old as Plato’s musings on natural order, which suggested that the universe itself is alive. But in the twentieth century, under the influence of genetics and microbiology, such organicist positions were largely set aside in favor of mechanical reductionism, by which life looks like a more complicated version of physics, one that can be reduced to the behavior of organic molecules. But can organisms truly be understood in mechanical terms, or do we need to view life from the perspective of whole organisms to make sense of biological complexity?The New Biology argues for the validity of holistic treatments of nature from the perspectives of philosophy, history, and biology and outlines the largely unrecognized undercurrent of organicism that has persisted. Mechanistic biology has been invaluable in understanding a range of biological issues, but Michael Reiss and Michael Ruse contend that reductionism alone cannot answer all our questions about life. Whether we are considering human health, ecology, or the relationship between sex and gender, we need to draw from both organicist and mechanistic frameworks.It’s not always a matter of combining organicist and mechanistic perspectives, Reiss and Ruse argue. There is scope for a range of ways of understanding the complexity of life and biological systems. Organicist and mechanistic approaches are not simply hypotheses to be confirmed or refuted, but rather operate as metaphors for describing a universe of sublime intricacy. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Mai 2023) Biology Philosophy. Biology Study and teaching. Mechanism (Philosophy). Organisms Philosophy. SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology. bisacsh charles darwin. christianity. consciousness. development. education. environment. eo wilson. evolution. final cause. gaia hypothesis. james lovelock. machine metaphor. medicine. obesity. race. religion. schizophrenia. stephen jay gould. vaccines. Ruse, Michael, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2023 English 9783111319292 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2023 9783111318912 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Medicine and Life Sciences 2023 English 9783111319216 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Medicine and Life Sciences 2023 9783111318615 ZDB-23-DPM Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2023 9783110749700 print 9780674972247 https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674292895 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674292895 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674292895/original |
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