Animals and Science A Guide to the Debates

Name: Animals and Science A Guide to the Debates
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ISBN: 9781576072462

ISBN-10: 1576072460

ISBN-13: 9781576072462

Edition: 2002

Authors: Niall Shanks

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This volume examines questions arising as a result of sciences relations to and perceptions of animals in the light of the evolution of modern science, from the Renaissance to the beginning of the 21st century.

Book details

List price: $103.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: ABC-CLIO, LLC
Publication date: 6/21/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 408
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 2.024
Language: English



Preface


Introduction: Man and Beast in Nature



The Essence of the Problem: Medieval Legacies



Gut Feelings: Anatomy and Physiology in the Renaissance



Minds, Machines, and Bodies: Intelligent Design in Nature?



Of Mice and Monkeys: The Moral Relevance of Animal Pain



The Job of Physiology: Animals in Nineteenth-Century Medicine



By Accident or Design: Darwin's Theory of Evolution



Darwinism Developed: The Ontogeny of an Idea



The Mouse as Man Writ Small: Animals in Modern Medicine



Mice, Mazes, and Minds: Explaining Animal Behavior



The Evolution of Consciousness: A Question of Animal Pain



Animals through the Looking Glass: Language and Self-Consciousness



Conclusion: The Questions that Remain


Documents


References


Index


About the Author