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Existentialism as Biology
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Existentialism is compatible with a broadly biological vision of who we are as discussed by the authors, which is grounded in an analysis of concrete or individual possibility, which differs from standard conception.Abstract:
Existentialism is compatible with a broadly biological vision of who we are. This thesis is grounded in an analysis of “concrete” or “individual” possibility, which differs from standard conception...read more
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Cultural-Existential Psychology: The Role of Culture in Suffering and Threat
TL;DR: In this article, a case study of a traditionalist group of Mennonites in the midwestern United States was used to examine the relationship between religion, community, guilt, anxiety, and the experience of natural disaster.
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Causal democracy and causal contributions in Developmental Systems Theory : Philosophy and Biology, Psychology, and Neuroscience
TL;DR: The authors showed that causal symmetry is neither a platitude about multiple influences nor a denial of useful distinctions, but a powerful way of exposing hidden assumptions and opening up traditional formulations to fruitful change.
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Explanatory Symmetries, Preformation, and Developmental Systems Theory
TL;DR: Some central ideas associated with developmental systems theory (DST) are outlined for non-specialists in this paper, which concern the nature of biological development, the alleged distinction between "genetic" and "environmental" traits, the relations between organism and environment, and evolutionary processes.
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Sex and the origins of death
TL;DR: In Sex and the Origins of Death, William R. Clark addresses such profound questions as why the authors age, why death exists, and why death and sex go hand in hand as he reveals that there are in fact two kinds of cell death-accidental death, caused by extreme cold or heat, starvation, or physical destruction, and "programmed cell death," initiated by codes embedded in their DNA.
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Nature's Purposes: Analyses of Function and Design in Biology
TL;DR: The Nature's Purposes: Analyses of Function and Design in Biology by Allen Colin, Bekoff Mark and Lauder George as mentioned in this paper is a good starting point for this paper.