The Problem of Animal Generation in Early Modern Philosophy (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521840775 ISBN 13: 9780521840774

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2006

Synopsis

In this volume Smith examines the early modern science of generation, which included the study of animal conception, heredity, and fetal development. Analyzing how it influenced the contemporary treatment of traditional philosophical questions, it also demonstrates how philosophical pre-suppositions about mechanism, substance, and cause informed the interpretations offered by those conducting empirical research on animal reproduction. Composed of essays written by an international team of leading scholars, the book offers a fresh perspective on some of the basic problems in early modern philosophy. It also considers how these basic problems manifested themselves within an area of scientific inquiry that had not previously received much consideration by historians of philosophy.

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Review:

"This rich volume aims at helping historians “to gain a fresh perspective on some of the basic problems of early modern philosophy,” by studying how these problems manifest themselves in discussions of animal generation.... the volume can easily be recommended to historians of early modern philosophy and experts alike."
--S a n d e r W. d e B o e r, Journal of the History of Philosophy

Book Description:

In this volume Smith examines the early modern science of generation. Analyzing how it influenced the contemporary treatment of traditional philosophical questions, it also demonstrates how philosophical presuppositions about mechanism, substance, and cause informed the interpretations offered by those conducting empirical research on animal reproduction.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0521840775
• ISBN 13: 9780521840774
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 472
• Editor: Smith Justin E. H.