Article ID: CBB001221591

On Nature and Normativity: Normativity, Teleology, and Mechanism in Biological Explanation (2012)

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Moss, Lenny (Author)
Nicholson, Daniel J. (Author)


Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Volume: 43
Pages: 88--91


Publication Date: 2012
Edition Details: Introduction to a special section
Language: English

Description Contents:


Includes Series Articles

Article Barham, James (2012) Normativity, Agency, and Life. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences (p. 92). unapi

Article Christensen, Wayne (2012) Natural Sources of Normativity. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences (p. 104). unapi

Article Toepfer, Georg (2012) Teleology and Its Constitutive Role for Biology as the Science of Organized Systems in Nature. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences (p. 113). unapi

Article Zammito, John H. (2012) The Lenoir Thesis Revisited: Blumenbach and Kant. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences (p. 120). unapi

Article Michelini, Francesca (2012) Hegel's Notion of Natural Purpose. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences (p. 133). unapi

Article Sloan, Phillip R. (2012) How Was Teleology Eliminated in Early Molecular Biology?. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences (p. 140). unapi

Article Nicholson, Daniel J. (2012) The Concept of Mechanism in Biology. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences (p. 152). unapi

Article Moss, Lenny (2012) Is the Philosophy of Mechanism Philosophy Enough?. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences (p. 164). unapi

Article Walsh, D. M. (2012) Mechanism and Purpose: A Case for Natural Teleology. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences (p. 173). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Osler, Margaret J.
Beekman, Wim
Alleva, Karina
Jochemsen, Henk
Ross, Lauren N.
Conley, Brandon A.
Journals
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Biology and Philosophy
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Osiris: A Research Journal Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences
Foundations of Science
Publishers
Springer
Princeton University Press
Oxford University Press
Concepts
Philosophy of biology
Teleology
Biology
Causality
Mechanism; mechanical philosophy
Philosophy
People
Kant, Immanuel
Mayr, Ernst
Darwin, Charles Robert
Boyle, Robert
Tinbergen, Nikolaas
Sturm, Johann Christoph
Time Periods
18th century
17th century
21st century
19th century
Enlightenment
20th century, late
Places
Germany
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