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Title: conception of the organism
Post by: breezy10 on Mar 1, 2011
1. How do Aristotle and Descartes account for the difference between human beings and lower animals?

2. Explain why Descartes conceives the animal organism as a machine, and how does this view essentially differ from Kant's conception of the animal organism?

3. What is Kant's conception of the organism, and how does this differ from Aristotle's?


Title: Re: conception of the organism
Post by: bio_man on Mar 1, 2011
Which textbook are these questions coming from?


Title: Re: conception of the organism
Post by: bobby on Mar 2, 2011
The Philosophy of Biology: An Episodic History(The Evolution of Modern Philosophy)

Authors:Marjorie Grene and David Depew


Title: Re: conception of the organism
Post by: bio_man on Mar 2, 2011
The Philosophy of Biology: An Episodic History(The Evolution of Modern Philosophy)

Authors:Marjorie Grene and David Depew

Wow... I only took one bioethics class. Maybe that's why I have no clue when it comes to answering these :P :( Fortunately that textbook doesn't have a test-bank.


Title: Re: conception of the organism
Post by: bird1980 on Mar 2, 2011
i agree