Indispensable guide to one of the most influential thought systems of our century. Stressing the work of Heidegger and Sartre, it offers a careful and objective examination of the existentialist position and values - freedom of choice, individual dignity, personal love, creative effort - and answers to the eternal questions of the human condition.

Introduction to Existentialism

Politics & Social Sciences

Grene, Marjorie

Philosophy

Phoenix Books

Paperback. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear.

Portrait of Aristotle

Univ. Of Chicago Press

A Portrait of Aristotle Paperback - September, 1979 by Marjorie Grene (Author)

A Portrait of Aristotle

Univ of Chicago Pr

AThink of the word "evolution": the name Darwin and the term "natural selection" come to mind. But any powerful general theory of evolution must account for social evolution, both human and nonhuman, and contemporary Darwinism has not persuasively made such an accounting. In Interactions: The Biological Context of Social Systems, Niles Eldredge and Marjorie Grene argue effectively and coherently against the reductionist tendencies in modern Darwinism, which they call ultra-Darwinism, also known as genic reduction.This book explores the biological underpinnings of social systems from invertebrates to mammals, particularly humans. These social systems, the authors argue, represent fusions between the economic and reproductive interests of organisms. Their theory moves away from the more prominent emphasis on reproductive biology at the core of sociobiology to reinstate the importance of economics in social organizations of all types.

Interactions

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

Columbia University Press

The aim of this book is to bring to the attention of English-speaking readers five European scientist-philosophers whose reflections on the conceptual foundations of biology deserve more attention than they have so far received.

Approaches To Philo Biology

Basic Books

The Philosophy of Biology: An Episodic History (The Evolution of Modern Philosophy)

Depew, David

Cambridge University Press

The Knower and the Known

California

Originally published in paperback in 1986, the essays in this book discuss questions about the growth and conceptual structure of the modern evolutionary synthesis, or 'neo-Darwinism'. Written by biologists, historians and philosophers, the collection provides a penetrating analysis of the development, meaning and problems of twentieth-century evolutionary theory. Part I includes discussion of the role of eugenics in shaping the biological interests of R. A. Fisher; the abandonment of Lamarckism; the influence of systematics and the concepts of adaptation and random drift in the development of Sewall Wright's theory; and explanation of how the synthesis 'hardened' in the decades following its original presentation. Part II examines the history of mimetic theory as a case study in evolutionary thought, while Part III introduces the reader to some aspects of the German tradition. Finally, Part IV addresses the debates that existed around the time of publication.

Dimensions of Darwinism: Themes and Counterthemes in Twentieth-Century Evolutionary Theory

Originally published in paperback in 1986, the essays in this book discuss questions about the growth and conceptual structure of the modern evolutionary synthesis, or 'neo-Darwinism'. Written by biologists, historians and philosophers, the collection provides a penetrating analysis of the development, meaning and problems of twentieth-century evolutionary theory. Part I includes discussion of the role of eugenics in shaping the biological interests of R. A. Fisher; the abandonment of Lamarckism; the influence of systematics and the concepts of adaptation and random drift in the development of Sewall Wright's theory; and explanation of how the synthesis 'hardened' in the decades following its original presentation. Part II examines the history of mimetic theory as a case study in evolutionary thought, while Part III introduces the reader to some aspects of the German tradition. Finally, Part IV addresses the debates that existed around the time of publication.

Does life (for the living) differ from that of the non-living? If so, how? And how, in that case, does biology as the study of living things differ from other sciences? These questions are examined through an exploration of episodes in the history of biology and philosophy.

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Introduction to Existentialism

Portrait of Aristotle

A Portrait of Aristotle

Interactions

Approaches To Philo Biology

The Philosophy of Biology: An Episodic History (The Evolution of Modern Philosophy)

The Knower and the Known

Dimensions of Darwinism: Themes and Counterthemes in Twentieth-Century Evolutionary Theory

Dimensions of Darwinism: Themes and Counterthemes in Twentieth-Century Evolutionary Theory

The Philosophy of Biology: An Episodic History (The Evolution of Modern Philosophy)