The Problem of Animal Generation in Early Modern Philosophy (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology)

Justin E. H. Smith

ISBN 10: 1107407281 / ISBN 13: 9781107407282

Published by Cambridge University Press 2012-09-13, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Problem of Animal Generation in Early Modern Philosophy (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press 2012-09-13
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1107407281
• ISBN 13: 9781107407282
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Justin Smith is assistant professor of philosophy at Concordia University in Montreal. A scholar of early modern philosophy, he has contributed to The Leibniz Review, History of Philosophy Quarterly, and the British Journal for the History of Philosophy.