The philosophy of zoology before Darwin : a translated and annotated version of the original French text by Edmond Perrier : originally published by Fâelix Alcan, Paris in 1884 / translated by Alex McBirney, with annotations by Stanton Cook and Gregory Retallack.
"Originally published by Felix Alcan, Paris in 1884."--T.p.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-228) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- Aristotle -- The Roman period -- The Middle Ages and Renaissance -- Evolution of the concept of species -- Philosophers of the XVIIIth century -- Buffon -- Lamarck -- Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire -- Georges Cuvier -- Debate between Cuvier and Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire -- Geothe -- Dugès -- The German natural philosophers -- The theory of the organic types and its consequences -- Louis Agassiz -- The lower animals -- Cell theory and the constitution of the individual -- Embryology -- Species and their modifications.
