The Science and Philosophy of the Organism

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Author

Driesch, Hans, 1867-1941

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Produced by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Thiers Halliwell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

B: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion

Subject

Biology -- Philosophy

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Text

eBook-No.

44388

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44388

Release Date

December 8, 2013

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY OF THE ORGANISM
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME
4. 4.THE PROGRAMME
5. 5.SECTION A — THE CHIEF RESULTS OF ANALYTICAL BIOLOGY
6. 6.THE INDIVIDUAL ORGANISM WITH REGARD TO FORM AND METABOLISM — A. ELEMENTARY MORPHOGENESIS — B. EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL MORPHOGENESIS — 1. The Foundations of the Physiology of Development. “Evolutio” and “Epigenesis” — 2. Analytical Theory of Morphogenesis 24 — 3. The Problem of Morphogenetic Localisation — 4. On Certain other Features of Morphogenesis Advocating its Autonomy — C. ADAPTATION — Introductory Remarks on Regulations in General — 1. Morphological Adaptation — 2. Physiological Adaptation 89 — D. INHERITANCE: SECOND PROOF OF THE AUTONOMY OF LIFE — Conclusions from the First Main Part of these Lectures
7. 7.SYSTEMATICS AND HISTORY — A. THE PRINCIPLES OF SYSTEMATICS — B. THE THEORY OF DESCENT — 1. Generalities — 2. The Principles of Darwinism — 3. The Principles of Lamarckism. — 4. The Real Results and the Unsolved Problems of Transformism — 5. The Logical Value of the Organic Form According to the Different Transformistic Theories — C. THE LOGIC OF HISTORY — 1. The Possible Aspects of History — 2. Phylogenetic Possibilities — 3. The History of Mankind — Conclusions about Systematics and History in General
8. 8.INDEX
9. 9.HEREDITY AND SELECTION IN SOCIOLOGY
10. 10.RUDOLF EUCKEN’S PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE — FOOTNOTES:

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