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Philosophy and Biology: Chapter One
Philosophy and Biology: Chapter One
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Chapter One
Chapter One
Chapter One
Chapter One
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A remark in a letter by William James in 1883 captures, in James’s unique
style, an aspect of Darwin’s mind that made his work so powerful: Darwin’s ten-
dency was to avoid abstractions and consider “concrete things in the plenitude of
8 their peculiarities & with all the consequences thereof ” (Skrupskelis 2007, p. 747).
Chapter One
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C hapter two
2.1. Laws
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Ernest Rutherford, who split the atom, allegedly said, “All science is either
physics or stamp collecting.” See also Smart (1959).