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Man and nature : philosophical issues in biology

Title
  1. Man and nature : philosophical issues in biology / edited and with introductions by Ronald Munson.
Published by
  1. New York : Dell, 1971.

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Additional authors
  1. Munson, Ronald, 1939-
Description
  1. xxxi, 413 pages : illustrations; 21 cm.
Series statement
  1. A Delta book
Uniform title
  1. Delta book.
Subject
  1. Biology > Philosophy
  2. Nature
  3. 42.02 philosophy and theory of biology
  4. Biology > Philosophy
  5. Biologie
  6. Methodologie
  7. Evolutietheorie
  8. Filosofische aspecten
  9. Ethische aspecten
Contents
  1. Mechanistic explanation and organismic biology / Ernest Nagel -- In defense of biology / Barry Commoner -- Antireductionism and molecular biology / Kenneth F. Schaffner -- Organismic biology / Morton Beckner -- Teleological explanation and teleological systems / Ernest Nagel -- Teleology / Morton Beckner -- Cause and effect in biology / Ernst Mayr -- Two evolutionary theories / Majorie Grene -- Two evolutionary theories -- a discussion / Walter J. Bock and Gerd von Wahlert -- On evolutionary theories / Leigh van Valen -- Two evolutionary theories -- a reply / Marjorie Grene -- Determinism and indeterminism in biological evolution / Theodosius Dobzhansky -- Evolutionary determinism / George Gaylord Simpson -- Explanation and prediction in evolutionary theory / Michael Scriven -- The species concept : a semantic review / Benjamin H. Burma -- The species concept : semantics versus semantics / Ernest Mayr -- Taxonomy, language, and reality / John R. Gregg -- Does evolution manifest progress? / T.A. Goudge -- Man's place in nature / George Gaylord Simpson -- The future of man -- evolutionary aspects / Julian Huxley -- Human value and biological wisdom / C.H. Waddington -- Evolution and general ethical standards / Julian Huxley -- Darwinism and ethics / D. Daiches Raphael -- Biology and ethics / George Gaylord Simpson -- The functional limits of morality / Konrad Lorenz -- Cain's children / Robert Ardrey -- The new litany of innate depravity, or original sin revisited / M.F. Ashley Montagu.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Note
  1. "A Delta book."
Bibliography (note)
  1. Bibliography: p. 407-413.