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Biological Autonomy
Since Darwin, Biology has been framed on the idea of evolution by natural selection, which has profoundly influenced the scientific and philosophical comprehension of biological …
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 …
Theories of Brain Function and the Nature of Vision
Over the past forty years the visual system has been the most important battleground for competing general theories of brain function. In their most interesting form, theories of …
Sadness or Depression?
The World Health Organization states that depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide, and predicts that by 2030 the epidemic of depression raging across the world will …
Origins of Biogeography
This book presents a revised history of early biogeography and investigates the split in taxonomic practice, between the classification of taxa and the classification of …
Explaining Photosynthesis
Recounting the compelling story of a scientific discovery that took more than a century to complete, this trail-blazing monograph focuses on methodological issues and is the first …
Classification, Disease and Evidence
This anthology of essays presents a sample of studies from recent philosophy of medicine addressing issues which attempt to answer very general (interdependent) questions: (a) what …
Explanation in Biology
Patterns of explanation in biology have long been recognized as different from those deployed in other scientific disciplines, especially that of physics. Celebrating the diversity …
Current Perspectives on Sexual Selection
This root-and-branch re-evaluation of Darwin’s concept of sexual selection tackles the subject from historical, epistemological and theoretical perspectives. Contributions from a …
Early Modern Medicine and Natural Philosophy
This volume presents an innovative look at early modern medicine and natural philosophy as historically interrelated developments. The individual chapters chart this interrelation …
Brain, Mind and Consciousness in the History of Neuroscience
This volume of essays examines the problem of mind, looking at how the problem has appeared to neuroscientists (in the widest sense) from classical antiquity through to …
Biological Autonomy
Since Darwin, Biology has been framed on the idea of evolution by natural selection, which has profoundly influenced the scientific and philosophical comprehension of biological …