Elke Witt
Biographic Data
| ID | 3919896 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elke Witt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elke |
| FAMILY NAME | Witt |
| SIGNATURE | WITT E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Form - A Matter of Generation: The Relation of Generation, Form, and Function in the Epigenetic Theory of Caspar F. Wolff
ArgumentThe question, how organisms obtain their specific complex and functional forms, was widely discussed during the eighteenth century. The theory of preformation, which was the dominant theory of generation, was challenged by different alternative epigenetic theories. By the end of the century it was the vitalist approach most famously advocated by Johann Friedrich Blumenbach that prevailed. Yet the alternative theory of generation brought f…
Form - A Matter of Generation: The Relation of Generation, Form, and Function in the Epigenetic Theory of Caspar F. Wolff
ArgumentThe question, how organisms obtain their specific complex and functional forms, was widely discussed during the eighteenth century. The theory of preformation, which was the dominant theory of generation, was challenged by different alternative epigenetic theories. By the end of the century it was the vitalist approach most famously advocated by Johann Friedrich Blumenbach that prevailed. Yet the alternative theory of generation brought f…
Form - A Matter of Generation: The Relation of Generation, Form, and Function in the Epigenetic Theory of Caspar F. Wolff
ArgumentThe question, how organisms obtain their specific complex and functional forms, was widely discussed during the eighteenth century. The theory of preformation, which was the dominant theory of generation, was challenged by different alternative epigenetic theories. By the end of the century it was the vitalist approach most famously advocated by Johann Friedrich Blumenbach that prevailed. Yet the alternative theory of generation brought f…
Biology (1 works) · Constitution (1 works) · Ecology (1 works) · Epigenesis (1 works) · Epistemology (1 works) · Historical Philosophy and Science (1 works) · History of Science and Medicine (1 works) · History of Science and Natural History (1 works) · Law (1 works) · Living matter (1 works)