10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PREFORMATIONISM»
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preformationism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
preformationism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Thinking about Life: The history and philosophy of biology ...
Preformationism also made it difficult to find mechanistic explanations for a
number of common observations, which again were ascribed (perforce) to divine
action. For example: ○ Gross developmental abnormalities ○ Regeneration of
lost ...
Paul S. Agutter, Denys N. Wheatley, 2008
2
Foundations of Biophilosophy
Developmental biology has been both inspired and plagued by two apparently
antithetic theoretical frameworks of a partly philosophical and partly scientific
nature: preformationism and epigeneticism. The basic idea of preformationism is
that ...
Martin Mahner, Mario Bunge, 1997
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The Creative Matrix of the Origins: Dynamisms, Forces and ...
Since Leibniz was probably aware of Leeuwenhoek's argument for
preformationism before he himself accepted preformationism and before he
developed his theory of concomitance, it would not be careless to hypothesize an
influence of the ...
Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka, 2002
In the history of biology, preformationism (or preformism) is either the specific contention that all organisms were created at the same time, and that succeeding generations grow from homunculi, animalcules, or other fully formed but ...
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
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The Ovary of Eve: Egg and Sperm and Preformation
Foreword contrast to its dichotomous partner, epigenesis! Clara Pinto-Correia's
remarkable book, for all its marvelous idiosyncrasies, may be the first historical
treatise devoted exclusively to preformationism as a worthy subject in its own
right, ...
Clara Pinto-Correia, 2007
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Lifespan Development: Infancy Through Adulthood
The idea that intelligence and other characteristics are innate or inborn, not
acquired or learned, called nativism, has a long history (Spelke & Newport, 1998)
. Preformationism In the seventeenth century, biologists and others took the
concept ...
Marc H. Bornstein, Deborah Lowe Vandell, Karen S. Rook, 2010
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Developmental Psychology: A Student's Handbook
When von Baer began his research, preformationism was part of the accepted
view of development. In essence, preformationism claims that developmental
transformations (such as those observed in the embryo) are illusory because the
...
Margaret Harris, George Butterworth, 2012
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The German Invention of Race
The important point here is that Blumenbach's argument against preformationism
does not work against Kant's account of Keime as he proposed it in 1775, and as
he repeated it with some modifications in his subsequent essays on race in ...
Sara Eigen, Sara Eigen Mark Joseph Larrimore, 2012
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Development: Infancy Through Adolescence
Development Is Driven by Nature The idea that intelligence and other
characteristics are innate or inborn, not acquired or learned, called nativism, has
a long history (Spelke & Newport, 1998). Preformationism In the seventeenth
century, ...
Laurence Steinberg, Deborah Vandell, Marc Bornstein, 2010
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The Depth of the Human Person: A Multidisciplinary Approach
The philosophical roots of epigenesis go back to Aristotle, and the most direct
philosophical roots of preformationism are Cartesian.23 Indeed, by the
eighteenth century it seemed that a commitment to metaphysical materialism
required ...
5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PREFORMATIONISM»
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preformationism is used in the context of the following news items.
Why 18th Century Biologists Made Copulating Frogs Wear Tiny Pants
He would go on to perform a successful artificial insemination of a dog, and his research would help debunk the theory of preformationism, ... «io9, Mar 14»
The Evolution of Evolutionary Language
(Preformationism had lost its credibility; hence Spencer could give “evolution” a radical new meaning.) Here is Spencer in First Principles:. «Patheos, Oct 13»
Haeckel Again: This Time with Plants
In the 1830s, he had published four generalizations from his observations of animal embryos to argue against (1) preformationism, the idea that ... «Discovery Institute, Oct 12»
The Violinist's Thumb
One, preformationism, grew out of the medieval alchemists' quest to create a homunculus, a miniature, even microscopic, human being. «NPR, May 12»
Epigenetics And Transhumanism: Bruce Lipton's Teleology
An irony for Dr. Lipton is that Lamarck's preformationism would in fact take the amino reins even further from his grasp. At conception the human ... «Science 2.0, Nov 10»
