Organism

Name: Organism
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ISBN: 9780942299977

ISBN-10: 0942299973

ISBN-13: 9780942299977

Edition: 1995

Authors: Kurt Goldstein, Oliver W. Sacks

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This text grew out of Goldstein's dissatisfaction with traditional natural science techniques for analyzing living beings. It offers a broad introduction to the sources and applications of holistic or organismic research.

Book details

List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Zone Books
Publication date: 4/4/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 424
Size: 6.22" wide x 8.94" long x 1.27" tall
Weight: 1.430



Foreword



Preface to the German Edition


Author's Preface


Introduction



Method of Determining Symptoms. Certain General Laws of Organismic Life. Observations on Persons with Brain Injuries



The Organism Viewed in the Light of Results Obtained Through Atomistic Method. The Theory of Reflex Structure of the Organism



Theoretical Reflections on the Function of the Nervous System as Foundation for a Theory of the Organism



Modification of Function Due to Impairment of the Organism



The Nature of Partitive Processes



On the Conception of the Organism as a Whole



Certain Essential Characteristics of the Organism in the Light of the Holistic Approach



On Gestalt Psychology and the Theory of the Physical Gestalten



The Nature of Biological Knowledge



On Norm, Health, and Disease. On Anomaly, Heredity, and Breeding



On Life and Mind. The Problem of Organismic Hierarchy



Knowledge and Action



Concluding Remarks


Notes


Index