Vitalism and the Scientific Image in Post-Enlightenment Life Science, 1800-2010

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Normandin, Sebastian (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Wolfe, Charles T. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Σειρά: History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences, 2
• Θέματα: Philosophy.; History.; Biology > Philosophy.; Medicine.; Systems biology.; Philosophy of Biology.; Systems Biology.; Medicine/Public Health, general.; History of Science.

Vitalism is understood as impacting the history of the life sciences, medicine and philosophy, representing an epistemological challenge to the dominance of mechanism over the last 200 years, and partly revived with organicism in early theoretical biology. The contributions in this volume portray th...