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Life and Habit

Autor Samuel Butler
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 27 noi 2012
This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of international literature classics available in printed format again - worldwide.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783849153434
ISBN-10: 3849153436
Pagini: 228
Dimensiuni: 133 x 203 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.29 kg
Editura: TREDITION CLASSICS

Cuprins

1. On certain acquired habits; 2. Conscious and unconscious knowers – the law and grace; 3. Application of foregoing chapters to certain habits acquired after birth which are commonly considered instinctive; 4. Application of the foregoing principles to actions and habits acquired before birth; 5. Personal identity; 6. Personal identity–continued; 7. Our subordinate personalities; 8. Application of the foregoing chapters–the assimilation of outside matter; 9. On the abeyance of memory; 10. What we should expect to find if differentiations of structure and instinct are mainly due to memory; 11. Instinct as inherited memory; 12. Instincts of neuter insects; 13. Lamarck and Mr Darwin; 14. Mr Mivart and Mr Darwin; 15. Concluding remarks.

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Butler argues here that much of inheritance was based on habit, but he also firmly opposes natural selection.