The Understanding of Nature: Essays in the Philosophy of Biology (Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science)
Marjorie Grene
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Hardcover. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 379 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 730.
No student or colleague of Marjorie Grene will miss her incisive presence in these papers on the study and nature of living nature, and we believe the new reader will quickly join the stimulating discussion and critique which Professor Grene steadily provokes. For years she has worked with equally sure knowledge in the classical domain of philosophy and in modern epistemological inquiry, equally philosopher of science and metaphysician. Moreover, she has the deeply sensible notion that she should be a critically intelligent learner as much as an imaginatively original thinker, and as a result she has brought insightful expository readings ... Read more
No student or colleague of Marjorie Grene will miss her incisive presence in these papers on the study and nature of living nature, and we believe the new reader will quickly join the stimulating discussion and critique which Professor Grene steadily provokes. For years she has worked with equally sure knowledge in the classical domain of philosophy and in modern epistemological inquiry, equally philosopher of science and metaphysician. Moreover, she has the deeply sensible notion that she should be a critically intelligent learner as much as an imaginatively original thinker, and as a result she has brought insightful expository readings ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1974
Publisher
Springer
Condition
New
Series
Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
Number of Pages
379
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789027704627
SKU
V9789027704627
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99-15
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