03306nam a22004575i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020001800100024003500118050001200153072001500165072002300180072001400203100014200217245010900359250001800468264007500486300003400561336002600595337002600621338003600647347002400683490007400707505066200781520100301443650001602446650002502462650001602487650001602503650002502519650001602544710003402560773002602594776003602620776003602656776003602692830007402728856004602802978-3-031-70690-5DE-He21320251030113040.0cr nn 008mamaa240913s2024    sz |    s    |||| 0|eng d  a97830317069057 a10.1007/978-3-031-70690-52doi 4aB1-5802 7aHP2bicssc 7aPHI0000002bisacsh 7aQD2thema1 aChen, Bohang.eauthor.0(orcid)0000-0001-7507-48541https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7507-48544aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut10aOn the Riddle of Lifeh[electronic resource] :bA Historico-Logical Study of Vitalism /cby Bohang Chen.  a1st ed. 2024. 1aCham :bSpringer International Publishing :bImprint: Springer,c2024.  aXXI, 296 p.bonline resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda1 aHistory, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences,x2211-1956 ;v370 aChapter 1. Introduction: vitalism and the idea of a historico-logical study -- Chapter 2. Reconsider Hans Driesch’s vitalism: new perspectives -- Chapter 3 -- Vitalism and evolution -- Chapter 4. Vitalism and mind -- Chapter 5. Vitalism, heat, gravity, electricity, magnetism, and motion -- Chapter 6. Vitalism and chemistry -- Chapter 7. Vitalism and energy physics -- Chapter 8. Vitalism, thermodynamics, and statistical mechanics -- Chapter 9. Vitalism and quantum mechanics -- Chapter 10. Chronic vitalism: Lessons from the history of science -- Chapter 11. A critique of current philosophy of biology -- Chapter 12. Conclusion: On the riddle of life.  aThis book presents a historico-logical study of vitalism. It begins by uncovering previously unknown doctrines of vitalism from the history of science—encompassing biological, physical, and social sciences—and then subjects these doctrines to a thorough logical analysis. Through this process, the book offers a unified conceptual framework to understand the major doctrines of vitalism in the history of science, ultimately relating vitalism to the question of life. Following the classical methodological approach endorsed by Immanuel Kant, nineteenth-century philosopher-scientists like Ernst Mach, and early-twentieth-century logical analysts, including logical empiricists, British analysts, pragmatists, Husserlian phenomenologists, and neo-Kantians, this work provides unconventional and valuable perspectives on vitalism and the riddle of life, appealing to a broad audience, including scientists, historians, and philosophers of science, particularly those from biological backgrounds. 0aPhilosophy. 0aEvolution (Biology). 0aBiophysics.14aPhilosophy.24aEvolutionary Theory.24aBiophysics.2 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978303170689908iPrinted edition:z978303170691208iPrinted edition:z9783031706929 0aHistory, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences,x2211-1956 ;v3740uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-70690-5