The Foundations of ZoölogyMacmillan, 1915 - Всего страниц: 339 Presents a series of lectures from the 1800's which show that life is a response to the order of nature. Includes lectures on nature and nurture, migration, zoology, and the philosophy of evolution. |
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... THEOLOGY . 241 LECTURE XI PALEY , AND THE ARGUMENT FROM CONTRIVANCE 269 LECTURE XII THE MECHANISM OF NATURE 287 LECTURE XIII LOUIS AGASSIZ AND GEORGE BERKELEY • · 317 1 LECTURE I INTRODUCTORY " The doctrine of idols bears the viii CONTENTS.
... THEOLOGY . 241 LECTURE XI PALEY , AND THE ARGUMENT FROM CONTRIVANCE 269 LECTURE XII THE MECHANISM OF NATURE 287 LECTURE XIII LOUIS AGASSIZ AND GEORGE BERKELEY • · 317 1 LECTURE I INTRODUCTORY " The doctrine of idols bears the viii CONTENTS.
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... Paley . They who believe that inheritance is not the transmission of re- sponsive actions , but the transmission of an adaptive mechanism , and that each change which enters into the history of development is a response to a stimulus ...
... Paley . They who believe that inheritance is not the transmission of re- sponsive actions , but the transmission of an adaptive mechanism , and that each change which enters into the history of development is a response to a stimulus ...
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... Paley , I kick a stone , I may change its position , raise its temperature , and bring about other changes that might all be computed from a few simple data . What happens if , instead of a stone , I kick a dog ? In addition to certain ...
... Paley , I kick a stone , I may change its position , raise its temperature , and bring about other changes that might all be computed from a few simple data . What happens if , instead of a stone , I kick a dog ? In addition to certain ...
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... Paley from his grave . While protoplasm is , no doubt , the physical basis of life , the intellectual basis of biology is adjustment . I should like to see hung on the walls of every laboratory Herbert Spencer's defini- tion , to the ...
... Paley from his grave . While protoplasm is , no doubt , the physical basis of life , the intellectual basis of biology is adjustment . I should like to see hung on the walls of every laboratory Herbert Spencer's defini- tion , to the ...
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... Paley ( 1743-1805 ) are best known . None of these men was a notable contributor to science : even Ray , who has the greatest claim to remembrance as a natu- ralist , was by no means the equal of contemporary students of science ; and ...
... Paley ( 1743-1805 ) are best known . None of these men was a notable contributor to science : even Ray , who has the greatest claim to remembrance as a natu- ralist , was by no means the equal of contemporary students of science ; and ...
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