a journey in final causality, species, and evolution /
First Statement of Responsibility
Étienne Gilson ; translated by John Lyon ; [with a foreword by Christoph Schönborn].
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
San Francisco :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Ignatius Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2009.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xxii, 241 p. ;
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23 cm.
GENERAL NOTES
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Translation of: D'Aristote à Darwin et retour.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-232) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Aristotelian prologue -- The mechanist objection -- Finality and evolution -- Bergsonism and teleology -- The limits of mechanism -- The constants of biophilosophy -- Appendix 1. Observations on the three kingdoms of nature / Linnaeus [in Latin] -- Appendix II. Darwin in search of species.