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The natural science of the human species : an introduction to comparative behavioral research : the "Russian Manuscript" (1944-1948) /

Edited from the author's posthumous works by Agnes von Cranach. Topics incl. natural science & idealistic philosophy, general attempts to define life, vitalism, mechanism, etc.\Here Am I Where Are You?: The Behavior of the Greylag Goose was thought to be Konrad Lorenz's last book. Howe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lorenz, Konrad, 1903-1989
Otros Autores: Cranach, Agnes von
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Alemán
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1996.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Philosophical Prolegomena
  • Natural Science and Idealistic Philosophy
  • Induction
  • The Consistent Hierarchical System of the Natural Sciences
  • On the Possibility of a Synthesis Between the Natural Sciences and the Humanities
  • Biological Prolegomena
  • General Attempts to Define Life
  • The Unique Historical Origin of Organisms and the Phylogenetic Approach
  • The Organism as an Entity and Analysis on a Broad Front
  • Finality
  • The Mind Body Problem
  • Historical Origins and Methods of Comparative Behavioral Research
  • Preconditions
  • Vitalism
  • Mechanism
  • The Implications of the Conflict Between Vitalism and Mechanism for Behavioral Research
  • The Inductive Basis of Comparative Ethology
  • Animal Keeping as a Research Method
  • The Origin of the Comparative Phylogenetic Approach in the Behavorial Research
  • The First Steps in the Nomothetic Stage
  • The Research Personalities of Whitman and Heinroth and Their Findings
  • The Discover of Appetitive Behavior / Wallace Craig
  • My Own Contributions to an Understanding of the Instinctive Motor Pattern
  • Implications for the Analysis of Related Phenomena
  • Conclusions.