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The Origin of Individuals.
In the 17th century, Descartes put forth the metaphor of the machine to explain the functioning of living beings. In the 18th century, La Mettrie extended the metaphor to man. The clock was then used as the paradigm of the machine. In the 20th century, this metaphor still held but the clock was repl...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Francés |
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Singapore :
World Scientific,
2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In the 17th century, Descartes put forth the metaphor of the machine to explain the functioning of living beings. In the 18th century, La Mettrie extended the metaphor to man. The clock was then used as the paradigm of the machine. In the 20th century, this metaphor still held but the clock was replaced by a computer. Nowadays, the organism is viewed as a robot obeying signals emanating from a computer program controlled by genetic information. This book shows that such a conception leads to contradictions not only in the theory of biology but also in its experimental research program, thereby. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (274 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-242) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789812833686 9812833684 1282441280 9781282441286 |