Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- GLOSSARY
- INTRODUCTION
- PREFACE
- PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE
- PART I CONSIDERATIONS ON THE NATURAL HISTORY OF ANIMALS, THEIR CHARACTERS, AFFINITIES, ORGANISATION, CLASSIFICATION AND SPECIES
- CHAPTER I ON ARTIFICIAL DEVICES IN DEALING WITH THE PRODUCTIONS OF NATURE
- CHAPTER II IMPORTANCE OF THE CONSIDERATION OF AFFINITIES
- CHAPTER III OF SPECIES AMONG LIVING BODIES, AND THE IDEA THAT WE SHOULD ATTACH TO THAT WORD
- CHAPTER IV GENERAL PRINCIPLES CONCERNING ANIMALS
- CHAPTER V ON THE TRUE ARRANGEMENT AND CLASSIFICATION OF ANIMALS
- CHAPTER VI DEGRADATION AND SIMPLIFICATION OF ORGANISATION, FROM ONE EXTREMITY TO THE OTHER OF THE ANIMAL CHAIN, PROCEEDING FROM THE MOST COMPLEX TO THE SIMPLEST
- CHAPTER VII OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE ENVIRONMENT ON THE ACTIVITIES AND HABITS OF ANIMALS, AND THE INFLUENCE OF THE ACTIVITIES AND HABITS OF THESE LIVING BODIES IN MODIFYING THEIR ORGANISATION AND STRUCTURE
- CHAPTER VIII OF THE NATURAL ORDER OF ANIMALS, AND THE WAY IN WHICH THEIR CLASSIFICATION SHOULD BE DRAWN UP, SO AS TO BE IN CONFORMITY WITH THE ACTUAL ORDER OF NATURE
- PART II AN ENQUIRY INTO THE PHYSICAL CAUSES OF LIFE, THE CONDITIONS REQUIRED FOR ITS EXISTENCE, THE EXCITING FORCE OF ITS MOVEMENTS, THE FACULTIES WHICH IT CONFERS ON BODIES POSSESSING IT, AND THE RESULTS OF ITS PRESENCE IN THOSE BODIES
- PART III AN ENQUIRY INTO THE PHYSICAL CAUSES OF FEELING, INTO THE FORCE WHICH PRODUCES ACTIONS, AND LASTLY INTO THE ORIGIN OF THE ACTS OF INTELLIGENCE OBSERVED IN VARIOUS ANIMALS
- INDEX
CHAPTER III - OF SPECIES AMONG LIVING BODIES, AND THE IDEA THAT WE SHOULD ATTACH TO THAT WORD
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2012
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- GLOSSARY
- INTRODUCTION
- PREFACE
- PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE
- PART I CONSIDERATIONS ON THE NATURAL HISTORY OF ANIMALS, THEIR CHARACTERS, AFFINITIES, ORGANISATION, CLASSIFICATION AND SPECIES
- CHAPTER I ON ARTIFICIAL DEVICES IN DEALING WITH THE PRODUCTIONS OF NATURE
- CHAPTER II IMPORTANCE OF THE CONSIDERATION OF AFFINITIES
- CHAPTER III OF SPECIES AMONG LIVING BODIES, AND THE IDEA THAT WE SHOULD ATTACH TO THAT WORD
- CHAPTER IV GENERAL PRINCIPLES CONCERNING ANIMALS
- CHAPTER V ON THE TRUE ARRANGEMENT AND CLASSIFICATION OF ANIMALS
- CHAPTER VI DEGRADATION AND SIMPLIFICATION OF ORGANISATION, FROM ONE EXTREMITY TO THE OTHER OF THE ANIMAL CHAIN, PROCEEDING FROM THE MOST COMPLEX TO THE SIMPLEST
- CHAPTER VII OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE ENVIRONMENT ON THE ACTIVITIES AND HABITS OF ANIMALS, AND THE INFLUENCE OF THE ACTIVITIES AND HABITS OF THESE LIVING BODIES IN MODIFYING THEIR ORGANISATION AND STRUCTURE
- CHAPTER VIII OF THE NATURAL ORDER OF ANIMALS, AND THE WAY IN WHICH THEIR CLASSIFICATION SHOULD BE DRAWN UP, SO AS TO BE IN CONFORMITY WITH THE ACTUAL ORDER OF NATURE
- PART II AN ENQUIRY INTO THE PHYSICAL CAUSES OF LIFE, THE CONDITIONS REQUIRED FOR ITS EXISTENCE, THE EXCITING FORCE OF ITS MOVEMENTS, THE FACULTIES WHICH IT CONFERS ON BODIES POSSESSING IT, AND THE RESULTS OF ITS PRESENCE IN THOSE BODIES
- PART III AN ENQUIRY INTO THE PHYSICAL CAUSES OF FEELING, INTO THE FORCE WHICH PRODUCES ACTIONS, AND LASTLY INTO THE ORIGIN OF THE ACTS OF INTELLIGENCE OBSERVED IN VARIOUS ANIMALS
- INDEX
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- Zoological PhilosophyAn Exposition with Regard to the Natural History of Animals, pp. 35 - 46Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011First published in: 1914