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Organism, Medicine, and Metaphysics

Essays in Honor of Hans Jonas on his 75th Birthday, May 10, 1978

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  1. Stuart F. Spicker

    1. University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, USA

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Part of the book series: Philosophy and Medicine (PHME, volume 7)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvii
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  2. Prometheus Unbound? A New World in the Making

    1. Prometheus Unbound? A New World in the Making

      • Adolph Lowe
      Pages 1-10

  4. Philosophy of Organism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95
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    2. Teleology and Darwin’s the Origin of Species: Beyond Chance and Necessity?

      • Leon R. Kass
      Pages 97-120

    3. Individuals and Their Kinds: Aristotelian Foundations of Biology

      • Marjorie Grene
      Pages 121-136

    4. The Organism According to Process Philosophy

      • Charles Hartshorne
      Pages 137-154

    5. Whitehead and Jonas: On Biological Organisms and Real Individuals

      • Strachan Donnelley
      Pages 155-175

    6. The Redefinition of Death

      • Bethia S. Currie
      Pages 177-197

  5. Science, Infirmity, and Metaphysics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 199-199
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    2. Descartes and Mastery of Nature

      • Richard Kennington
      Pages 201-223

    3. The Philosopher and the Scientists: Comments on the Perception of the Exact Sciences in the Work of Hans Jonas

      • Wilhelm Magnus
      Pages 225-231

    4. Life, Disease, and Death: A Metaphysical Viewpoint

      • Murray Greene
      Pages 233-263

    5. Ontology and the Body: A Reflection

      • Richard M. Zaner
      Pages 265-282

    6. Intentionality and the Mind/Body Problem

      • Jitendra Nath Mohanty
      Pages 283-300
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About this book

This Festschrift is presented to Professor Hans Jonas on the occasion of his seventy-fifth birthday, as affirmation of the contributors' respect and admiration. As a volume in the series 'Philosophy and Medicine' the contributions not only reflect certain interests and pursuits of the scholar to whom it is dedi­ cated, but also serve to bring to convergence the interests of the contributors in the history of humanity and medicine, the theory of organism, medicine in the service of the patient's autonomy, and the metaphysical, i.e., phenome­ nological foundations of medicine. Notwithstanding the nature of such personal gifts as the authors' contributions (which, with the exception of the late Hannah Arendt's, appear here for the first time), the essays also transcend the personal and serve to elaborate specific themes and theses disclosed in the numerous writings of Hans Jonas. The editor owes a personal debt of gratitude to many, including Hannah Arendt, who offered their assistance during the preparation of the volume.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, USA

    Stuart F. Spicker

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Organism, Medicine, and Metaphysics

  • Book Subtitle: Essays in Honor of Hans Jonas on his 75th Birthday, May 10, 1978

  • Editors: Stuart F. Spicker

  • Series Title: Philosophy and Medicine

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9783-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1978

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-009-9785-1Published: 06 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-9783-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0376-7418

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-0080

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 357

  • Topics: Philosophy of Medicine, Theory of Medicine/Bioethics

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