This translation contains a synopsis of all the ideas that made Lorenz famous as the founder of ethology, the study of comparative animal behavior.
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This translation contains a synopsis of all the ideas that made Lorenz famous as the founder of ethology, the study of comparative animal behavior.
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Textual illustrations. Minor rubbing. Some page-edge soil. VG. 23x15cm, (43), 337 pp, Edited from the posthumous work by Agnes von Cranach. Translated by Robert D. Martin. Contents: Philosophical Prolegomena; Natural Science & Idealistic Philosophy; Induction; The Consistent Hierarchical System of the Natural Sciences; On the Possibility of a Synthesis between the Natural Sciences & the Humanities; Biological Prolegomena; General Attempts to Define Life; The Unique Historical Origin of Organisms & the Phylogenetic Approach; The Organism as an Entity & Analysis on a Broad Front; Finality; The Mind-Body Problem; Historical Origin & Methods of Comparative Behavioral Research; Preconditions; Vitalism; Mechanism; The Implications of the Conflict Between Vitalism & Mechanism for Behavioral Research; The Inductive Basis of Comparative Ethology: Animal Keeping as a Research Method; The Origin of the Comparative Phylogenetic Approach in Behavioral Research; The First Steps in the Nomothetic Stage; The Research Personalities of Whitman & Heinroth & Their Findings; The Discovery of "Appetitive Behavior" by Wallace Craig; My Own Contribution to an Understanding of the Instinctive Motor Pattern; Eric von Holst's Discovery of Automatic Stimulus Production in the Central Nervous System; Implications for the Analysis of Related Phenomena; Conclusions.
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Fine. Nice clean copy. The pages are Like New! Pages are clean! Minor shelf wear The binding is tight and in great condition Fast Shipping-Each order powers our free bookstore in Chicago and sending books to Africa!
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VG+/VG+ 0262121905. A very nice copy with clean, bright interior pages and solid binding. DJ in very nice condition.; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 337 pages; SCIENCE.
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Fair. This is a damaged book. May be ex-library, water-damaged, or spine creased/broken. Acceptable, Reading copy only, with writing/markings and heavy wear. Standard-sized.