Beyond Mechanism: Putting Life Back Into Biology

by Adam Scarfe and Brian G. Henning

Book Overview

Pairing scientists and philosophers together, this book is an exploration of some of the new frontiers in biology (e.g., Emergence, Complex Systems, Biosemiotics, Symbiogenesis, Organic Selection, Epigenetics, Niche Construction, Teleodynamics, etc.). The chapters in this volume challenge the mechanistic metaphysic that is implicit in the reigning neo-Darwinist paradigm, point to more inclusive modes of thinking in relation to the nature of life,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739174363
• ISBN13: 9780739174364
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 484 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"