
Foundations of Biophilosophy
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 1. December 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
XVIII, 427 pages
978-3-642-08276-4 (ISBN)
Description
Over the past three decades, the philosophy of biology has emerged from the shadow of the philosophy of physics to become a respectable and thriving philosophical subdiscipline. The authors take a fresh look at the life sciences and the philosophy of biology from a strictly realist and emergentist-naturalist perspective. They outline a unified and science-oriented philosophical framework that enables the clarification of many foundational and philosophical issues in biology. This book will be of interest both to life scientists and philosophers.
Reviews / Votes
"...admirably wide coverage of the subject." Nature"...an extremely valuable, lucid and stimulating book. The authors have set the standard of biophilosophy . " Trends in Ecology and Evolution
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Edition
1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 1997
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Berlin
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Professional/practitioner
Illustrations
XVIII, 427 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
668 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-642-08276-4 (9783642082764)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-662-03368-5
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions

Martin Mahner | Mario Bunge
Foundations of Biophilosophy
Book
05/1997
Springer
€181.89
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Content
I Philosophical Fundamentals.- 1 Ontological Fundamentals.- 2 Semantical and Logical Fundamentals.- 3 Epistemological Fundamentals.- II Fundamental Issues in Biophilosophy.- 4 Life.- 5 Ecology.- 6 Psychobiology.- 7 Systematics.- 8 Developmental Biology.- 9 Evolutionary Theory.- 10 Teleology.- 11 Concluding Remarks.- References.- Name Index.