The gestation of German biology : philosophy and physiology from Stahl to Schelling / John H. Zammito.
| Author/creator | Zammito, John H., 1948- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2018. |
| Copyright Date | ©2018 |
| Description | 523 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The gestation of German biology -- Animism and organism: G.E. Stahl and the Halle medical faculty -- Making life science Newtonian: Albrecht von Haller's self-fashioning as natural scientist -- Albrecht von Haller as arbiter of German medicine: Göttingen and Bern (1736-1777) -- French vital materialism -- Taking up the French challenge: the German response -- From natural history to history of nature: from Buffon to Kant and Herder (and Blumenbach) -- Johann Friedrich Blumenbach and the life sciences in Germany: his rise to eminence from the 1770s -- Blumenbach, Kant, and the "daring adventure" of an "archaeology of nature" -- Carl Friedrich Kielmeyer and "an entirely new epoch of natural history" -- Polarität und Steigerung: the self-organization of nature and the actualization of life -- Naturphilosophie and physiology. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2017023339 |
| ISBN | 9780226520797 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 022652079X hardcover ; alkaline paper |
| ISBN | electronic book |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | QH320 .G3 Z355 2018 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |