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- catalog abstract ""Describes the special methods of concept formation and explanation that distinguish biology from the other natural sciences. Beckner examines biological subject matter and biological theory, His method of approach is dual: through a logical analysis of historical, functional, and polytypic concepts and an examination of their role in achieving theoretical unification; and through a logical analysis of model-explanation, teleology, and historical explanation. The results of this investigation are applied to a number of standing problems in biological methodology--for example, the significance of holistic versus reductive points of view, the logical character of the taxonomic system, and the nature of explanation in evolution theory"--Publisher description.".
- catalog contributor b1162814.
- catalog contributor b1162815.
- catalog created "1959.".
- catalog date "1959".
- catalog date "1959.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1959.".
- catalog description ""Describes the special methods of concept formation and explanation that distinguish biology from the other natural sciences. Beckner examines biological subject matter and biological theory, His method of approach is dual: through a logical analysis of historical, functional, and polytypic concepts and an examination of their role in achieving theoretical unification; and through a logical analysis of model-explanation, teleology, and historical explanation. The results of this investigation are applied to a number of standing problems in biological methodology--for example, the significance of holistic versus reductive points of view, the logical character of the taxonomic system, and the nature of explanation in evolution theory"--Publisher description.".
- catalog description "1. Introduction -- 2. Types of biological concepts -- 3. Models in biological theory -- 4. Systematics -- 5. Genetic analysis and explanation -- 6. Functional analysis -- 7. Teleological systems, behavior, and explanation -- 8. Selection theory -- 9. Organization and organismic biology.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliography.".
- catalog extent "viii, 200 p.".
- catalog hasFormat "Biological way of thought.".
- catalog isFormatOf "Biological way of thought.".
- catalog issued "1959".
- catalog issued "1959.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York, Columbia University Press,".
- catalog relation "Biological way of thought.".
- catalog subject "574.01".
- catalog subject "Biology Methodology.".
- catalog subject "Biology Philosophy.".
- catalog subject "QH 331 B397b 1959".
- catalog subject "QH331 .B376".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Introduction -- 2. Types of biological concepts -- 3. Models in biological theory -- 4. Systematics -- 5. Genetic analysis and explanation -- 6. Functional analysis -- 7. Teleological systems, behavior, and explanation -- 8. Selection theory -- 9. Organization and organismic biology.".
- catalog title "The biological way of thought.".
- catalog type "text".