Studies in the philosophy of biology : reduction and related problems : [papers presented at a conference on problems of reduction in biology held in Villa Serbe, Bellagio, Italy 9-16 September 1972

From Aristotle To Democritus Via Darwin / G. Montalenti -- Evolutionary Theories After Lamarck And Darwin / Ernest Boesiger -- The Problem Of Molecular Recognition By A Selective System / Gerald M. Edelman -- A Geometric Model Of Reduction And Emergence / Peter Medawar -- Changing Strategies: A Comparison Of Reductionist Attitudes In Biological And Medical Research In The Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries / June Goodfield -- Cerebral Activity And Consciousness / John C. Eccles -- Reductionism In Biology / William H. Thorpe -- Unjustified Variation And Selective Retention In Scientific Discovery / Donald T. Campbell -- On The Relations Between Compositional And Evolutionary Theories / Dudley Shapere -- Problems Of Rationality In Biology / Henryk Skolimowski -- Chance, Necessity And Purpose / Charles Birch -- Polynomistic Determination Of Biological Processes / Bernhard Rensch -- Scientific Reduction And The Essential Incompleteness Of All Science / Karl R. Popper -- Adaptive Shifts And Evolutionary Novelty: A Compositionist Approach / G. Ledyard Stebbins -- Chance And Creativity In Evolution / Theodosius Dobzhansky -- The Concept Of Biological Process / Francisco J. Ayala -- On Chance And Necessity / Jacques Monod. Edited By Francisco Jose Ayala And Theodosius Dobzhansky. Papers Presented At A Conference On Problems Of Reduction In Biology, Held In Villa Serbelloni, Bellagio, Italy, Sept. 9-16, 1972. Includes Bibliographies And Index.