Vital forces, teleology and organization : philosophy of nature and the rise of biology in Germany /: philosophy of nature and the rise of biology in Germany. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Andrea Gambarotto.
• Authors: Gambarotto, Andrea
• Contents: ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Teleology Beyond Regrets""; ""Generation: The Debate Over the Formative Force and the Question of Ontogenesis""; ""1 Introduction and Outline: Ontogenesis and the Legacy of the Haller-Wolff Debate""; ""2 Diverging Views of Epigenesis: Wolff and Blumenbach on Teleology""; ""2.1 Epigenesis Without Purpose: Wolff and the Nutritive Force""; ""2.2 Goal-Directed Organization: Blumenbach and the Bildungstrieb""; ""3 An Unstable Middle Position: Kant on Teleology and Organization"" ""3.1 The Technique of Nature""""3.2 Organized Beings and Machines""; ""4 From Chemistry to Organization: Reil on the Vital Force""; ""5 Concluding Remarks""; ""Functions: The GÃœttingen School and the Physiology of Vital Forces""; ""1 Introduction and Outline: The GÃœttingen School as a Historical Category""; ""2 Building Blocks of the GÃœttingen School: Haller on Sensibility and Irritability""; ""3 Foundations of the GÃœttingen School: Vital Forces in Blumenbachâ#x80;#x99;s Physiology"" ""4 Core of the GÃœttingen School: Kielmeyerâ#x80;#x99;s Lecture as the Program for a General Biology""""5 Explanatory Framework of the GÃœttingen School: Link and the Organic Forces as an Autonomous Research Program""; ""6 Kielmeyer and Link on Naturphilosophie""; ""7 Concluding Remarks""; ""Classification: Naturphilosophie and the Reform of Natural History""; ""1 Introduction and Outline: Natural History and Naturphilosophie""; ""2 Blumenbach on Natural History""; ""3 The â#x80;#x9C;Kantian Principleâ#x80;#x9D; for Natural History"" ""3.1 Kant on the Concept of Race: A New Principle for Natural History?""""3.2 Ideas so Monstrous that Reason Recoils Before Them: Kant on Transformism""; ""3.3 Original Stem-Species: Kant and Girtanner on Archetypes""; ""4 The Unity of Type in Goetheâ#x80;#x99;s Morphology""; ""4.1 Metamorphosis as Idealized Epigenesis""; ""4.2 The Metamorphosis of Animals""; ""5 Animal Classification in Schellingâ#x80;#x99;s Naturphilosophie""; ""5.1 A New Era of Natural History""; ""5.2 Animal Classification in the Erster Entwurf""; ""6 Natural History and Naturphilosophie in Lorenz Oken"" ""6.1 Naturphilosophie as a Foundation for Biology""""6.2 The Animal Kingdom and Human Anatomy: Okenâ#x80;#x99;s Classification""; ""7 Concluding Remarks""; ""Biology: Treviranus and the Life Sciences as a Unified Field""; ""1 Introduction and Outline: A New Scene of Inquiry""; ""2 Life and Vital Force""; ""3 Nature as an Organism""; ""4 The Levels of the Organic""; ""5 Ecology and Transformism""; ""6 Teleology and Organization""; ""7 Concluding Remarks""; ""Conclusion: Hegel on Vital Forces, Teleology and Organization""
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 147; 100; Philosophy; Philosophy of nature -- Germany -- History -- 18th century; Biology -- Germany -- Philosophy -- History; Vitalism; Teleology; History; Philosophy of nature; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General; Vitalism; Science -- History; Philosophy -- Reference; History of science; Philosophy; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319654157; 3319654152
• Related ISBNs: 9783319654140; 3319654144
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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