Jan Baedke: The Organism | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9781009495066 | The Organism | Jan Baedke | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2025

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Organisms are central for biology. However, conceptualizing the unit of the organism is not easy. This Element discusses challenges to base biological reasoning and practice on the concept of organism. After many decades dominated by the paradigm of the gene, the organism is making a comeback in the bio- and biomedical sciences. It is again recognized as a causally efficacious, autonomous, and active unit that transcends the properties of genes and affects its own development and evolution - especially in fields like epigenetics, niche construction theory, and evolutionary developmental biology. This Element investigates these developments from a perspective of integrated history and philosophy of science. It focuses on conceptual, biotheoretical, and historical dimensions, as well as sociopolitical and anthropological aspects of today's 'return of the organism.' In particular, it discusses solutions for challenges of organism-centered biosciences in the 21st century. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction; 2. The history of the organism concept: a nexus in biology; 3. The return of the organism in biology; 4. Organism-centered biology in the early twentieth century and today; 5. The organism and human life; 6. Epilogue: the future of the organism; References.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2025
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Importe , Philosophie
Jahrhundert:	Antike
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Thema:	Lexika
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9781009495066
ISBN-10:	1009495062
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Baedke, Jan
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 6 mm
Von/Mit:	Jan Baedke
Erscheinungsdatum:	30.06.2025
Gewicht:	0,136 kg