The natural science of the human species : an introduction to comparative behavioral research : the "Russian Manuscript" (1944-1948) / by Lorenz, Konrad, 1903-1989

The natural science of the human species : an introduction to comparative behavioral research : the "Russian Manuscript" (1944-1948) / by Lorenz, Konrad, 1903-1989

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The natural science of the human species : an introduction to comparative behavioral research : the "Russian Manuscript" (1944-1948) / by Lorenz, Konrad, 1903-1989

Table of Contents: “…Philosophical Prolegomena -- Natural Science and Idealistic Philosophy -- Induction -- The Consistent Hierarchical System of the Natural Sciences -- On the Possibility of a Synthesis Between the Natural Sciences and the Humanities -- Biological Prolegomena -- General Attempts to Define Life -- The Unique Historical Origin of Organisms and the Phylogenetic Approach -- The Organism as an Entity and Analysis on a Broad Front -- Finality -- The Mind Body Problem -- Historical Origins and Methods of Comparative Behavioral Research -- Preconditions -- Vitalism -- Mechanism -- The Implications of the Conflict Between Vitalism and Mechanism for Behavioral Research -- The Inductive Basis of Comparative Ethology -- Animal Keeping as a Research Method -- The Origin of the Comparative Phylogenetic Approach in the Behavorial Research -- The First Steps in the Nomothetic Stage -- The Research Personalities of Whitman and Heinroth and Their Findings -- The Discover of Appetitive Behavior / Wallace Craig -- My Own Contributions to an Understanding of the Instinctive Motor Pattern -- Implications for the Analysis of Related Phenomena -- Conclusions.…”
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