Books relevant to my research into the relationships between thermodynamics / statistical mechanics, biology, and teleological explanation. Might include books on biology and normativity as well as dialectics, given ethics has historically at times involved teleological reasoning and dialectics has historically been a means of understanding teleology albeit at a historical scale.
biothermoteleology & dialectics in intentionality Unlisted
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The Strategy of Life by Timothy Lenoir
In the early nineteenth century, a group of German biologists led by Johann Friedrich Blumenbach and Karl Friedrich Kielmeyer initiated …
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Aristotle on Teleology by Monte Ransome Johnson
Monte Johnson examines the most controversial aspects of Aristiotle's natural philosophy: his teleology. Is teleology about causation or explanation? Does …
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The Organic Codes by Marcello Barbieri
The Handbook of Human-Machine Interaction features 20 original chapters and a conclusion focusing on human-machine interaction (HMI) from analysis, design …
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What Functions Explain by Peter McLaughlin (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology)
This book offers an examination of functional explanation as it is used in biology and the social sciences, and focuses …
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More Heat than Light by Philip Mirowski (Historical Perspectives on Modern Economics)
More Heat Than Light is a history of how physics has drawn some inspiration from economics and also how economics …
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Nature and Normativity by Mark Okrent
Nature and Normativity argues that the problem of the place of norms in nature has been essentially misunderstood when it …
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Thermodynamics of Natural Systems by Greg Anderson
Thermodynamics deals with energy levels and energy transfers between states of matter, and is therefore fundamental to all branches of …
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Explanation and Teleology in Aristotle's Science of Nature by Mariska Leunissen
In Aristotle's teleological view of the world, natural things come to be and are present for the sake of some …
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An Introduction to Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics by Robert H. Swendsen (Oxford Graduate Texts)
This text presents statistical mechanics and thermodynamics as a theoretically integrated field of study. It stresses deep coverage of fundamentals, …
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Life as Its Own Designer by Anton Markoš, Filip Grygar, László Hajnal, and 3 others (Biosemiotics, #4)
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Nietzsche's New Darwinism by John Richardson
Nietzsche wrote in a scientific culture transformed by Darwin. He read extensively in German and British Darwinists, and his own …
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Population Genetics by John H. Gillespie
This concise introduction offers students and researchers an overview of the discipline that connects genetics and evolution. Addressing the theories …
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Hegel's Philosophy of Nature by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (Encyclopaedia of the Philosophical Sciences, #2)
This is a much-needed reissue of the standard English translation of Hegel's Philosophy of Nature , originally published in 1970. …
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The Phenomenon of Life by Hans Jonas (Northwestern University studies in phenomenology and existential philosophy)
One of the most prominent thinkers of his generation, Hans Jonas wrote on topics as diverse as the philosophy of …
