Escribano Cabeza, Miguel (2019) Jan Swammerdam and the limits of preformationism. THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science, 34 (3). pp. 423-439. ISSN 2171-679X
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Abstract
This paper takes an organicist perspective of Jan Swammerdam’s conception of metamorphis which allows us to identify a continuity betweem W. Harvey’s epigenetism and G.W. Leibniz’ preformationism – two historically opposed perspectives. In line with this reading, I provide a critical assessment of the different preformationist interpretations of Swammerdam. The thesis that I defend in this paper is that the idea of preformation does not imply so much a theory about the origin of the embryo but a model of ontogenetic development that cannot be catalogued as mechanistic or as vitalist.
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| Additional Information: | ISSN: 0495-4548 (print) | ||||||
| Keywords: | Jan Swammerdam, metamorphosis, preformationism, epigenesis, organicism, William Harvey, G.W. Leibniz | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology General Issues > History of Science Case Studies General Issues > Philosophers of Science |
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| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email theoria@ehu.es | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 12 Dec 2019 00:29 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 12 Dec 2019 00:29 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 16712 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science | ||||||
| Publisher: | Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea / Universidad del País Vasco | ||||||
| Official URL: | https://www.ehu.eus/ojs/index.php/THEORIA/article/... | ||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.1387/theoria.20336 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology General Issues > History of Science Case Studies General Issues > Philosophers of Science |
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| Date: | September 2019 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 423-439 | ||||||
| Volume: | 34 | ||||||
| Number: | 3 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 2171-679X | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/16712 |
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