Two typescript draft essays, one with handwritten annotations, titled 'The Process of Abstraction and the Vitalism-Mechanism Controversy: an essay in the philosophy of biology by C.H Waddingon'; second essay untitled., c.1931
Scope and Contents
'The Process of Abstraction...' has '1928' scored out and replaced with '1931'. The second typescript essay is missing its first six pages, and so is untitled and undated, but it appears to be an exploration of definitions, language, logic and 'value-judgements' in biology. 'C.H.W' is written at the top of page 7 and at the end of the essay. Corrections in red type are interspersed throughout the body of the text.
Dates
- Creation: c.1931
Creator
- From the Series: Waddington, Conrad Hal, 1905-1975 (embryologist and professor of animal genetics, University of Edinburgh) (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Open, subject to the researcher completing a Data Protection undertaking form wherever noted.
Biographical / Historical
Waddington held an Arnold Gerstenberg studentship in Philosophy in 1929 for for a thesis entitled 'The Vitalist-Mechanist Controversy': it is not known if this similarly titled essay is related.
Full Extent
32 pages
Physical Location
CLX-A-1020
Repository Details
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