Thinking about Biology
Stephen Webster
Vitalism is a profoundly science-ejected concept, though many CAM or 'natural health' cabals falsely claim that vitalism survives scientific scrutiny.
I quote:
"vitalism is now a dead philosophy [...] for the vitalist, living things are possessed (literally) by a 'life force,' utterly distinct from the physiochemical forces so far discovered [...this is] impossible to investigate: how do you investigate a life force? [p.057]."
-r.c.
I quote:
"vitalism is now a dead philosophy [...] for the vitalist, living things are possessed (literally) by a 'life force,' utterly distinct from the physiochemical forces so far discovered [...this is] impossible to investigate: how do you investigate a life force? [p.057]."
-r.c.
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Рік:
2003
Видавництво:
Cambridge University Press
Мова:
english
Сторінки:
248
ISBN 10:
0521599547
ISBN 13:
9780521599542
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PDF, 2.54 MB
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english, 2003