Titlebook: Beliefs and Biology; Theories of Life and Jennifer Trusted Book 2003 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2003

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,Interactions — Fact and Theory,acts about the natural world. But facts are made significant by theories and beliefs, and in this chapter we shall see how these influenced the way the new observations were described and interpreted. We shall also see how, in their turn, older theories and beliefs were influenced by the new discoveries.

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ory of biology, rather some of that history is used as evidence of external influences. To this end there are accounts of past investigations (from the time of Aristotle to the present day).978-0-230-37524-6

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Book 2003 has been influenced by ethical, religious, social and philosophical assumptions as to the nature of life and mankind‘s place in the world. These beliefs have been presupposed in experimental investigations as well as in biological theories. The book is not intended as a comprehensive history of bio

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Book 2003efs have been presupposed in experimental investigations as well as in biological theories. The book is not intended as a comprehensive history of biology, rather some of that history is used as evidence of external influences. To this end there are accounts of past investigations (from the time of Aristotle to the present day).

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St?rsicherheit und Funk-Entst?rungy accounts based on observations of physical structure rather than in terms of purpose. For example, we find Vesalius comparing the structure of skeletons in order to show that Galen’s assertions about the human body were based on irrelevant observations and were erroneous (see Chapter 2, p. 33).

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Funktionsprüfung und Ger?teerprobungthey did not doubt the basic Christian doctrines of redemption and salvation granted by a benevolent deity. By the eighteenth century, the Age of Enlightenment, French philosophers were unlikely to be Christians but the majority were still deists and believed in some higher power which ruled the cosmos.