| A Subjective Theory of Organism Contributor(s): Diefenbeck, James A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0761800778 ISBN-13: 9780761800774 Publisher: University Press of America OUR PRICE: $91.20 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 1995 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Movements - Humanism - Philosophy | Logic |
| Dewey: 128 |
| LCCN: 95031781 |
| Physical Information: 266 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This original and thought-provoking volume examines organic life as subjective activity. It shows that organic life operates differently from objective thought and truth. The volume considers topics such as: the origin of life, the absorption of food, the operation of heredity, and the possible control of further evolutionary development. Contents: Preface: Activity in Perspective; Acknowledgement; Activity as a Presupposition; Limitations of Objective Thought for Organic Control; The Greek Development of Objective Knowledge: Parmenides and Plato; Aristotle's Natural Entities and Their Limitations; Dualism and the Development of Subjective Thought; Berkeley and Knowing Other Subjects; Knowing Organisms as Subject; A Plan for Examining Organisms as Active Agents; The Origin of Life from the Inorganic; Organisms and their Food; Heredity; The Mode of Evolutionary Change; The Control of Evolution; Conclusion; Index. |