The Problem of Animal Generation in Early Modern Philosophy (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521840774)

This book examines the early modern science of generation, which included the study of animal conception, heredity, and fetal development. Analyzing how it influenced the contemporary treatment of traditional philosophical questions, it also demonstrates how philosophical presuppositions about mechanism, substance, and cause informed the interpretations offered by those conducting empirical research on animal reproduction. Composed of cutting-edge essays written by an international team of leading scholars, the book offers a fresh perspective on some of the basic problems in early modern philosophy.

Author: Justin E. H. Smith
ISBN-10: 0521840775
ISBN-13: 9780521840774
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/22/2006
Pages: 472
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.67lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.30w x 1.17d