The phenomenon of life: toward a philosophical biology [Reprinted] 0810117495, 9780810117495

One of the most prominent thinkers of his generation, Hans Jonas wrote on topics as diverse as the philosophy of biology

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The phenomenon of life: toward a philosophical biology [Reprinted]
 0810117495, 9780810117495

Table of contents :
Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 6
Copyright......Page 7
CONTENTS......Page 10
Foreword......Page 12
Preface......Page 24
First Essay: Life, Death, and the Body in the Theory of Being......Page 26
Appendix 1. Causality and Perception......Page 45
Appendix 2. Note on Anthropomorphism......Page 52
Second Essay: Philosophical Aspects of Darwinism......Page 57
Appendix. The Meaning of Cartesianism for the Theory of Life......Page 77
Third Essay: Is God a Mathematician? The Meaning of Metabolism......Page 83
Appendix 1. Note on the Greek Use of Mathematics in the Interpretation of Nature......Page 111
Appendix 2. Note on Whitehead's Philosophy of Organism......Page 114
Appendix 3. Note on the Nonparticipation of DNA in Metabolism......Page 116
Fourth Essay: To Move and to Feel: On the Animal Soul......Page 118
Fifth Essay: Cybernetics and Purpose: A Critique......Page 127
Appendix. Materialism, Determinism, and the Mind......Page 146
Sixth Essay: The Nobility of Sight: A Study in the Phenomenology of the Senses......Page 154
Appendix. Sight and Movement......Page 171
Seventh Essay: Image-making and the Freedom of Man......Page 176
Appendix. On the Origins of the Experience of Truth......Page 194
Transition: From Philosophy of the Organism to the Philosophy of Man......Page 202
Eighth Essay: The Practical Uses of Theory......Page 207
Ninth Essay: Gnosticism, Existentialism, and Nihilism......Page 230
Tenth Essay: Heidegger and Theology......Page 254
Eleventh Essay: Immortality and the Modern Temper......Page 281
Epilogue: Nature and Ethics......Page 301
Index......Page 304

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