Beyond reductionism : new perspectives in the life sciences / edited by Arthur Koestler & J.R. Smythies.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Koestler, Arthur, 1905-1983, editor.

Smythies, John R. (John Raymond), 1922- editor.

Beacon Press, publisher.

Mark B. Adams Emergence of Modern Science Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Conference Name:

Alpbach Symposium (1968)

Series:

Beacon paperbacks ; 406.

Beacon paperback ; 406

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biology--Philosophy--Congresses.

Biology.

Biology--Philosophy.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Penn Provenance:

Adams, Mark B. (former owner) (Adams copy)

Physical Description:

x, 438 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Beacon Press, 1971, 1969.

Contents:

Opening remarks / Arthur Koestler

The living system : determinism stratified / Paul A. Weiss

Chance or law / Ludwig von Bertalanffy

Biochemical approaches to learning and memory / Holger Hydén. Afterthoughts / by Holger Hydén

The gaps in empiricism / Jean Piaget and Bärbel Inhelder. Afterthoughts / by Jean Piaget

On voluntary action and its hierarchical structure / Jerome S. Bruner

Beyond atomism and holism : the concept of the holon / Arthur Koestler. Afterthoughts / by Arthur Koestler

Aspects of consciousness / J.R. Smythies

The paranoid streak in man / Paul D. MacLean

Empiricist and nativist theories of language : George Berkeley and Samuel Bailey in the 20th century / David McNeill

The primacy of the abstract / F.A. Hayek

New perspectives in psychopharmacology / Seymour S. Kety

The theory of evolution today / C.H. Waddington

Reductionism and nihilism / Viktor E. Frankl

Retrospect / by W.H. Thorpe.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center copy gifted by Dr. Mark B. Adams in 2018.

Kislak Center Adams copy has some underlining.

OCLC:

784212