Experimenting at the Boundaries of Life : Organic Vitality in Germany around 1800 /

Mostrar otras versiones (1)

"Attempts to distinguish a science of life at the turn of the nineteenth century faced a number of challenges. A central difficulty was clearly demarcating the living from the nonliving experimentally and conceptually. The more closely the boundaries between organic and inorganic phenomena were...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Steigerwald, Joan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2019]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Vitalism.
Philosophy and the life sciences.
Life sciences.
Biology > Philosophy.
SCIENCE > General.
Vitalisme.
Biologie > Philosophie > Histoire.
Sciences de la vie > Allemagne > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Sciences de la vie > Allemagne > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Vitalism
Biology > Philosophy > History.
Philosophy and the life sciences > Germany > History.
Life sciences > Germany > History > 19th century.
Life sciences > Germany > History > 18th century.
Germany.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Organic vitality in the late eighteenth century : Lebenskräfte and experimental reasoning
  • Kant's Critique of the power of judgment : organisms as reciprocally means and ends of themselves
  • Blurring the boundaries of life : organic vitality and instruments of inquiry in the 1790s
  • Jena connections : a science of knowledge, romantic aesthetics, and languages of nature
  • Schelling's philosophy of life : boundary concepts and the natural history of the world soul
  • The science of biology : organic vitality and the boundaries of life
  • Conclusion: Afterlife.

Ejemplares similares