Buffon, Species and the Forces of Reproduction.
Buffon
Gravitational attraction
Histoire naturelle
Moules intérieurs
Reproduction
Species
Journal
Journal of the history of biology
ISSN: 1573-0387
Titre abrégé: J Hist Biol
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 0202503
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
10 2023
10 2023
Historique:
accepted:
13
07
2023
medline:
30
10
2023
pubmed:
27
7
2023
entrez:
27
7
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Throughout the Histoire naturelle Buffon was ever aware of epistemological issues involving the reproduction of species, the only beings in nature. By the 1760s he had come to believe that empirical evidence, the source of all human knowledge, revealed that reproduction was a physical process, involving a common living (minute, active, and lively) matter and material forces, all of which he traced to the foundational force of gravitational attraction.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37498487
doi: 10.1007/s10739-023-09722-y
pii: 10.1007/s10739-023-09722-y
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
479-493Informations de copyright
© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V.
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