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100	1		_aAgutter, Paul S. _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aThinking about Life _h[electronic resource] : _bThe History and Philosophy of Biology and Other Sciences / _cby Paul S. Agutter, Denys N. Wheatley.
264		1	_aDordrecht : _bSpringer Netherlands, _c2008.
300			_aXIV, 267 p. _bonline resource.
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505	0		_aWhat is Science? -- Culture, Technology and Knowledge -- Classical Roots -- Mediaeval Views of the World -- The Scientific Revolution -- The ‘Scientific Revolution’ in Biology -- Aristotle's Biology -- How Different Are Organisms from Inanimate Objects? -- Cell Theory and Experimental Physiology: New Ideas in a Changing Society -- Embryos and Entelechy -- Spontaneous Generation -- The Evolution of Darwinism -- The Great Heredity Debate -- Evolutionary Theory Attains Maturity -- The Problem of Purpose -- The Scientific Status of Biology.
520			_aOur previous book, About Life, concerned modern biology. We used our present-day understanding of cells to ‘define’ the living state, providing a basis for exploring several general-interest topics: the origin of life, extraterrestrial life, intelligence, and the possibility that humans are unique. The ideas we proposed in About Life were intended as starting-points for debate – we did not claim them as ‘truth’ – but the information on which they were based is currently accepted as ‘scientific fact’. What does that mean? What is ‘scientific fact’ and why is it accepted? What is science – and is biology like other sciences such as physics (except in subject m- ter)? The book you are now reading investigates these questions – and some related ones. Like About Life, it may particularly interest a reader who wishes to change career to biology and its related subdisciplines. In line with a recommendation by the British Association for the Advancement of Science – that the public should be given fuller information about the nature of science – we present the concepts underpinning biology and a survey of its historical and philosophical basis.
650		0	_aPhilosophy.
650		0	_aHistory.
650		0	_aPhilosophy and science.
650		0	_aBiology _xPhilosophy.
650	1	4	_aPhilosophy.
650	2	4	_aPhilosophy of Science.
650	2	4	_aHistory of Science.
650	2	4	_aPhilosophy of Biology.
700	1		_aWheatley, Denys N. _eauthor.
710	2		_aSpringerLink (Online service)
773	0		_tSpringer eBooks
776	0	8	_iPrinted edition: _z9781402088650
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8866-7
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950			_aHumanities, Social Sciences and Law (Springer-11648)
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