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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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2023] ©2023 |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (304 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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