Everything flows towards a processual philosophy of biology
Against the traditional view of the living world as fundamentally composed of enduring things, this work argues for the radical alternative that it essentially consists of processes. Biology is the study of the processes that constitute living beings, and the things biologists study ultimately deriv...
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Formato: | Libro electrónico |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford, United Kingdom :
Oxford University Press
2018.
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Edición: | First edition |
Colección: | Open Research Library ebooks.
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Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b44561064*spi |
Sumario: | Against the traditional view of the living world as fundamentally composed of enduring things, this work argues for the radical alternative that it essentially consists of processes. Biology is the study of the processes that constitute living beings, and the things biologists study ultimately derive their existence from more basic processes.-- |
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Notas: | "The majority of the papers herein originated at the workshop 'Process Philosophy of Biology' ... held in Exeter in November 2014"--Page vii. |
Descripción Física: | 1 recurso electrónico (xv, 386 p.) : il. col. y n. |
Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice. |
ISBN: | 9780191085178 9780191824685 |