The excluded philosophy of evo-devo? Revisiting C.H. waddington's failed attempt to embed Alfred North Whitehead's "organicism" in evolutionary biology

History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 301-320

  Peterson, Erik L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Alfred north whitehead; C.H. waddington; Cambridge university; Development; Evo devo; Evolution; Experimental embryology; Joseph H. woodger; Joseph needham; Neo darwinism; Organicism; Processualism; University of edinburgh

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; HISTORY; PHILOSOPHY;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; PHILOSOPHY;

EID: 84858682536     PISSN: 03919714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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