180 Pages
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Routledge
180 Pages
by
Routledge
184 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 2000. This is Volume IV of six in the Library of Philosophy series on the Philosophy of Science. Written in 1930, this volume looks at the nature of vital phenomena, which has been for so long the subject of dispute between vitalists and mechanists. It discusses the concepts of purpose, explanation and phenomena, the attitudes around and differences of categorisation.
Part 1 Purposiveness of Vital Phenomena; Chapter 1 Purposiveness of the Most Elementary Physiological Phenomena; Chapter 2 Purposiveness of Generative and Regenerative Phenomena; Chapter 3 Purposiveness of the Phenomena of Pre-Established Adaptation; Chapter 4 Purposiveness of the Phenomena of new Adaptation; Chapter 5 Purposiveness of the Behaviour of the Lower Organisms; Chapter 6 Purposiveness of the Reflexes and Instincts; Chapter 7 Purposiveness of the Affective Tendencies; Chapter 8 Purposiveness of Mental Activity; Chapter 9 Purposiveness of Social Manifestations; Part 2 An Intermediate Solution between Vitalism and Mechanism; Chapter 10 Vitalism and Mechanism; Chapter 11 The Vitalistico-Energetic Solution; Chapter 12 Conclusion;
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Eugenio Rignano
