Vitalism and the Scientific Image in Post-Enlightenment Life Science, 1800-2010
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...
| Corporate Author: | SpringerLink (Online service) |
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| Other Authors: | Normandin, Sebastian (Editor), Wolfe, Charles T. (Editor) |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2013.
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| Series: | History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences,
2 |
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| Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
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