ABSTRACT
First published in 2000. This is Volume VI of six in the Library of Philosophy series on the Philosophy of Science. Written in 1929, using the initial ideas of A.N. Whitehead, this book on Biological Principles includes the concept of abstraction methodology in biology. This expands into an investigation into the general problems of the theory of knowledge, difficulties in biological knowledge and finally suggestions towards a resolution of certain traditional biological conflicts.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |74 pages
General Introduction
part |144 pages
The Data of Natural Science and Principles of Systematization
chapter |45 pages
Phenomenalism and Kindred Doctrines
chapter |40 pages
An Alternative to Phenomenalism
chapter |27 pages
Demands, Postulates, and Subjective Factors in Knowledge
part |260 pages
Problems of Biological Knowledge