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Philosophers Speak for Themselves: From Descartes to Locke
Av Thomas Vernor Smith, Marjorie Grene
Häftad, 1956
426 kr
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Modern thought and modes of living have been immeasurably influenced by the philosophers of the Enlightenment—men such as Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza, Newton, Leibniz, and Locke. Gathered together in this book and preceded by valuable biographical sketches are selections from the basic and most …
Philosophers Speak for Themselves: Berkeley, Hume, and Kant
Av Thomas Vernor Smith, Marjorie Grene
Häftad, 1957
400 kr
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The philosophic search for truth has been evident in all ages and among all peoples. The developments of each generation require new philosophies and the recasting of old ones. The eighteenth century was no exception, and the scientific advances of the times brought about many innovations in …
Interactions
The Biological Context of Social Systems
Inbunden, 1992
819 kr
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AThink of the word "evolution": the name Darwin and the term "natural selection" come to mind. But any powerful general theory of evolution must account for social evolution, both human and nonhuman, and contemporary Darwinism has not persuasively made such an accounting. In Interactions: The …
Dimensions of Darwinism
Themes and Counterthemes in Twentieth-Century Evolutionary Theory
Av Marjorie Grene, Marjorie Grene
Häftad, 1986
569 kr
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Originally published in paperback in 1986, the essays in this book discuss questions about the growth and conceptual structure of the modern evolutionary synthesis, or 'neo-Darwinism'. Written by biologists, historians and philosophers, the collection provides a penetrating analysis of the …
The Philosophy of Biology
An Episodic History
Av Marjorie Grene, David Depew
Inbunden, 2004
1514 kr
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Is life different from the non-living? If so, how? And how, in that case, does biology as the study of living things differ from other sciences? These questions are traced through an exploration of episodes in the history of biology and philosophy. The book begins with Aristotle, then moves on to …
The Philosophy of Biology
An Episodic History
Av Marjorie Grene, David Depew m. fl.
Häftad, 2004
699 kr
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Is life different from the non-living? If so, how? And how, in that case, does biology as the study of living things differ from other sciences? These questions are traced through an exploration of episodes in the history of biology and philosophy. The book begins with Aristotle, then moves on to …
Malebranche`s First and Last Critics – Simon Foucher and Dortius de Mairan
Av Richard A. Watson, Marjorie Grene
Häftad, 1995
323 kr
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In this engrossing double volume, the work and thought of Nicolas Malebranche is examined through the eyes of Simon Foucher and Dortous de Mairan. Part 1 consists of Richard A. Watson’s translation of the first published critique, by Simon Foucher, of Malebranche’s main philosophical work, Of the …
Anatomy of Knowledge
Papers Presented to the Study Group on Foundations of Cultural Unity, Bowdoin College, 1965 and 1966
Inbunden, 2015
2504 kr
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Originally published in 1969. Since the seventeenth century the kind of knowledge afforded by mathematical physics has come more and more to furnish mankind with an ideal for all knowledge. The ideal also carries with it a new conception of the nature of things: all things whatsoever are held to be …
Anatomy of Knowledge
Papers Presented to the Study Group on Foundations of Cultural Unity, Bowdoin College, 1965 and 1966
Häftad, 2016
747 kr
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Originally published in 1969. Since the seventeenth century the kind of knowledge afforded by mathematical physics has come more and more to furnish mankind with an ideal for all knowledge. The ideal also carries with it a new conception of the nature of things: all things whatsoever are held to be …
Philosophy of Biology
An Episodic History
Av David Depew, Marjorie Grene
E-bok, 2004
685 kr
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Is life different from the non-living? If so, how? And how, in that case, does biology as the study of living things differ from other sciences? These questions are traced through an exploration of episodes in the history of biology and philosophy. The book begins with Aristotle, then moves on to …
Anatomy of Knowledge
Papers Presented to the Study Group on Foundations of Cultural Unity, Bowdoin College, 1965 and 1966
E-bok, 2015
883 kr
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Originally published in 1969. Since the seventeenth century the kind of knowledge afforded by mathematical physics has come more and more to furnish mankind with an ideal for all knowledge. The ideal also carries with it a new conception of the nature of things: all things whatsoever are held to be …
Anatomy of Knowledge
Papers Presented to the Study Group on Foundations of Cultural Unity, Bowdoin College, 1965 and 1966
E-bok, 2015
883 kr
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Originally published in 1969. Since the seventeenth century the kind of knowledge afforded by mathematical physics has come more and more to furnish mankind with an ideal for all knowledge. The ideal also carries with it a new conception of the nature of things: all things whatsoever are held to be …
Understanding of Nature
Essays in the Philosophy of Biology
Inbunden, 1974
1639 kr
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No student or colleague of Marjorie Grene will miss her incisive presence in these papers on the study and nature of living nature, and we believe the new reader will quickly join the stimulating discussion and critique which Professor Grene steadily provokes. For years she has worked with equally …
Understanding of Nature
Essays in the Philosophy of Biology
Häftad, 1974
1639 kr
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No student or colleague of Marjorie Grene will miss her incisive presence in these papers on the study and nature of living nature, and we believe the new reader will quickly join the stimulating discussion and critique which Professor Grene steadily provokes. For years she has worked with equally …
Topics in the Philosophy of Biology
Av Marjorie Grene, Everett Mendelson
Häftad, 1975
551 kr
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The philosophy of biology should move to the center of the philosophy of science - a place it has not been accorded since the time of Mach. Physics was the paradigm of science, and its shadow falls across con temporary philosophy of biology as well, in a variety of contexts: reduction, …
Spinoza and the Sciences
Av Marjorie Grene, Debra Nails
Inbunden, 1986
1639 kr
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Prefatory Explanation It must be remarked at once that I am 'editor' of this volume only in that I had the honor of presiding at the symposium on Spinoza and the Sciences at which a number of these papers were presented (exceptions are those by Hans Jonas, Richard Popkin, Joe VanZandt and our four …
Spinoza and the Sciences
Av Debra Nails, Marjorie Grene
E-bok, 2012
2143 kr
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Prefatory Explanation It must be remarked at once that I am ''editor'' of this volume only in that I had the honor of presiding at the symposium on Spinoza and the Sciences at which a number of these papers were presented (exceptions are those by Hans Jonas, Richard Popkin, Joe VanZandt and our …
Topics in the Philosophy of Biology
Av Everett Mendelson, Marjorie Grene
E-bok, 2012
734 kr
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The philosophy of biology should move to the center of the philosophy of science - a place it has not been accorded since the time of Mach. Physics was the paradigm of science, and its shadow falls across con temporary philosophy of biology as well, in a variety of contexts: reduction, …
Understanding of Nature
Essays in the Philosophy of Biology
E-bok, 2012
2044 kr
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No student or colleague of Marjorie Grene will miss her incisive presence in these papers on the study and nature of living nature, and we believe the new reader will quickly join the stimulating discussion and critique which Professor Grene steadily provokes. For years she has worked with equally …
Spinoza and the Sciences
Av Marjorie Grene, Debra Nails
Häftad, 2011
1748 kr
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Prefatory Explanation It must be remarked at once that I am 'editor' of this volume only in that I had the honor of presiding at the symposium on Spinoza and the Sciences at which a number of these papers were presented (exceptions are those by Hans Jonas, Richard Popkin, Joe VanZandt and our four …
Philosophical Testament
Häftad, 1999
168 kr
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Gadfly, heretic, persuasive expositor, and illuminating teacher, Marjorie Grene has been writing about philosophical issues and influencing philosophical debate since the 1930s.In this unrepentant and provocative essay, Grene brings together some of the themes in philosophy, biology, and other …
