How Long to Read Topics in the Philosophy of Biology

How Long Does it Take to Read Topics in the Philosophy of Biology?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 41 minutes to read Topics in the Philosophy of Biology by Marjorie Grene

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Description

The philosophy of biology should move to the center of the philosophy of science - a place it has not been accorded since the time of Mach. Physics was the paradigm of science, and its shadow falls across con temporary philosophy of biology as well, in a variety of contexts: reduction, organization and system, biochemical mechanism, and the models of law and explanation which derive from the Duhem-Popper Hempel tradition. This volume, we think, offers ample evidence of how good contempo rary work in the philosophical understanding of biology has become. Marjorie Grene and Everett Mendelsohn aptly combine a deep philo sophical appreciation of conceptual issues in biology with an historical understanding of the radical changes in the science of biology since the 19th century. In this book, they present essays which probe such historical and methodological questions as reducibility, levels of organization, function and teleology, and the range of issues emerging from evolution ary theory and the species problem. In conjunction with Professor Grene's collection of essays on the philosophy of biology, The Under standing of Nature (Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, Vol. XXIII) and the occasional essays on these topics which we have published in other volumes (listed below), this volume contributes to bringing biology to the center of philosophical attention. Everett Mendelsohn, 'Explanation in Nineteenth Century Biology' (Boston Studies, Vol. II, 1965). David Hawkins, 'Taxonomy and Information', (Boston Studies, Vol. III, 1967).

How long is Topics in the Philosophy of Biology?

Topics in the Philosophy of Biology by Marjorie Grene is 454 pages long, and a total of 115,316 words.

This makes it 153% the length of the average book. It also has 141% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Topics in the Philosophy of Biology Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 30 minutes to read Topics in the Philosophy of Biology aloud.

What Reading Level is Topics in the Philosophy of Biology?

Topics in the Philosophy of Biology is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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