Self-Generation by Helmut Mllersievers

Self-Generation by Helmut Mllersievers

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Zusammenfassung

This volume begins by describing how and why epigenesis came to replace the reigning model of biological origination, preformation the theory that all organisms were preformed at the creation of the world.

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Self-Generation by Helmut Mllersievers

This volume begins by describing how and why epigenesis came to replace the reigning model of biological origination, preformation the theory that all organisms were preformed at the creation of the world.
“This very important book provides a rare insight into the background conditions of philosophical and literary production in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries by examining the debate in biology between preformation theory and epigenesisThe chief significance of Müller-Sievers' study lies in demonstrating that the victory of epigenesis shaped theory formation in philosophy (Kant, Fichte), language acquisition (Herder, Humboldt), and literature (Goethe, Beaumarchais).”—Eckart Förster, University of Munich
Helmut Müller-Sievers is Associate Professor of German and Comparative Literary Studies at Northwestern University. He is the author of Epigenesis: Naturphilosophie im Sprachdenken Wilhelm von Humboldts.
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ISBN 13 9780804727792
ISBN 10 0804727791
Titel Self-Generation
Autor Helmut Müller-Sievers
Serie Writing Science
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Bindungsart Hardback
Verlag Stanford University Press
Erscheinungsjahr 1997-04-01
Seitenanzahl 236
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