Everything flows : towards a processual philosophy of biology /
Against the traditional view of the living world as fundamentally composed of enduring things, this work argues for the radical alternative that it essentially consists of processes. Biology is the study of the processes that constitute living beings, and the things biologists study ultimately deriv...
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| Format: | Conference Proceeding eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford, United Kingdom :
Oxford University Press,
2018.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Against the traditional view of the living world as fundamentally composed of enduring things, this work argues for the radical alternative that it essentially consists of processes. Biology is the study of the processes that constitute living beings, and the things biologists study ultimately derive their existence from more basic processes.-- |
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| Item Description: | "The majority of the papers herein originated at the workshop 'Process Philosophy of Biology' ... held in Exeter in November 2014"--Page vii |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 386 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191085178 0191085170 9780191824685 0191824682 |