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(1977) Scientific materialism in nineteenth century Germany, Dordrecht, Springer.
The major scientific materialists all received their formal training in the biological sciences. Each of the four leading figures possessed a medical degree, while Vogt and Moleschott had gone on to further training in zoology and physiology respectively. It was natural, then, that in spite of their deference to physics as the model science, they would also feel at home in discussing developments in the life sciences. Three specific issues are the subject of this chapter: the controversy over the existence of a vital force, the matter of spontaneous generation, and the question of the transformation of species.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-010-1173-0_9
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Gregory, F. (1977). Controversies in biology, in Scientific materialism in nineteenth century Germany, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 164-188.
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