THE 



SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY 

 OF THE OBGANISM 



THE GIFFORD LECTURES DELIVERED BEFORE THE 

 UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN IN THE YEARS 1907-8 



BY 



HANS DRIESCH, PH.D. 



HEIDELBERG 



IN TWO VOLUMES. DEMY 8vo. CLOTH 



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NOTE 



THIS work rests chiefly upon the results of experimental embryology, 

 the most recent branch of biology, in which the author is personally 

 concerned. The first volume deals with the science of the organism 

 and discusses the chief results of analytical biology in two parts, and, 

 in the author's view, results in two main proofs of the autonomy of 

 life, or what may still be called, if in a modernised sense, " vitalism," 

 as distinguished from " mechanism." The second volume, continuing 

 the exposition of the science of the organism into a third part, contains 

 a detailed theory of animal movements, reflexes, instinct, and, in 

 particular, action, resulting in a third main proof of the autonomy of 

 life. The foundation of a complete system of scientific biology having 

 thus been laid, the remainder of the volume forming its larger half 

 is devoted to the philosophy, as distinguished from the science, of the 

 organism. The central part of this concluding discussion is devoted 

 to a thorough analysis of the concept of " teleology " and its relation 

 to the inorganic sciences, 



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