{"product_id":"philosophy-of-biology-before-biology-1","title":"Philosophy of Biology Before Biology","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe use of the term \"biology\" to refer to a unified science of life emerged around 1800 (most prominently by scientists such as Lamarck and Treviranus, although scholarship has indicated its usage at least 30-40 years earlier). The interplay between philosophy and natural science has also accompanied the constitution of biology as a science.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhilosophy of Biology Before Biology examines biological and protobiological writings from the mid-eighteenth century to the early nineteenth century (from Buffon to Cuvier; Kant to Oken; and Kielmeyer) with two major sets of questions in mind: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat were the distinctive conceptual features of the move toward biology as a science?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat were the relations and differences between the \"philosophical\" focus on the nature of living entities, and the \"scientific\" focus?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis insightful volume produces a fresh but also systematic perspective both on the history of biology as a science and on the early versions of, in the 1960s in a post-positivist context, the philosophy of biology. It will appeal to students and researchers interested in fields such as history of science, philosophy of science and biology.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54262068019544,"sku":"9780367661625","price":55.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780367661625.jpg?v=1769708733","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/philosophy-of-biology-before-biology-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}