03670nam a22005415i 4500 978-3-031-70690-5 DE-He213 20251030113040.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240913s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031706905 978-3-031-70690-5 10.1007/978-3-031-70690-5 doi B1-5802 HP bicssc PHI000000 bisacsh QD thema Chen, Bohang. author. (orcid)0000-0001-7507-4854 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7507-4854 aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 84222 On the Riddle of Life [electronic resource] : A Historico-Logical Study of Vitalism / by Bohang Chen. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2024. XXI, 296 p. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences, 2211-1956 ; 37 Chapter 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. This 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. Philosophy. 66189 Evolution (Biology). 64762 Biophysics. 66239 Philosophy. 66189 Evolutionary Theory. 79993 Biophysics. 66239 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031706899 Printed edition: 9783031706912 Printed edition: 9783031706929 History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences, 2211-1956 ; 37 74930 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-70690-5 ZDB-2-REP ZDB-2-SXPR 63350 63350