AAAS [American Association for the Advancement of Science] Talk

AAAS [American Association for the Advancement of Science] Talk

Contributor(s):
Luria, S. E. (Salvador Edward), 1912-1991
American Philosophical Society. Library. Salvador Luria Papers
Publication:
Produced: February 1976
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Speeches
Abstract:
In this speech Luria gave to a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, he addressed the "certain gloom in the world of biology" fanned by "prophets of doom" that believed that "all that was exciting to solve in biology has been solved." In it he discussed the attack by integrationists on scientific reductionism, the influence of social sciences on biology, and offered a "pure reductionist creed" that he based on three principles (see page numbers five and six). To explore this, he used the studies of evolution and embryology as examples. He closed with a brief discussion of biolinguistics.
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Extent:
21 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584611X117 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
QLBBHR
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584611X117
Archival Collection:
The Salvador E. Luria Papers (Profiles in Science)