TY - BOOK AU - Loeb,Jacques AU - Fleming,Donald TI - The Mechanistic Conception of Life T2 - The John Harvard Library SN - 9780674864306 AV - QH311 U1 - 577 PY - 2013///] CY - Cambridge, MA PB - Harvard University Press KW - Biogenesis KW - Biology KW - Philosophy KW - Biowissenschaften, Biologie KW - Life (Biology) KW - Mechanism (Philosophy) KW - Vie (biologie) KW - Biology -- Philosophy KW - Metaphysics KW - HISTORY / United States / General KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; INTRODUCTION --; PREFACE --; 1. THE MECHANISTIC CONCEPTION OF LIFE --; 2. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF TROPISMS FOR PSYCHOLOGY --; 3. SOME FUNDAMENTAL FACTS AND CONCEPTIONS CONCERNING THE COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM --; 4. PATTERN ADAPTATION OF FISHES AND THE MECHANISM OF VISION --; 5. ON SOME FACTS AND PRINCIPLES OF PHYSIOLOGICAL MORPHOLOGY --; 6. ON THE NATURE OF THE PROCESS OF FERTILIZATION --; 7. ON THE NATURE OF FORMATIVE STIMULATION (ARTIFICIAL PARTHENOGENESIS) --; 8. THE PREVENTION OF THE DEATH OF THE EGG THROUGH THE ACT OF FERTILIZATION --; 9. THE ROLE OF SALTS IN THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE --; 10. EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE INFLUENCE OF ENVIRONMENT ON ANIMALS --; INDEX --; Backmatter; restricted access; Issued also in print UR - https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674864313 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674864313 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674864313/original ER -