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62 p. From atoms and molecules to living entities: Mutation and natural selection; Molecular evolution? Neo-vitalism and the machine model; Generalizing the second main law of thermodynamics; Distinguishing between physical and biotical properties The position of Man: Continuuity or discontinuity between the various levels; Is the fossil-record conclusive?; Is there anything distinctive about human tools?; Do animals share the dimension of human logicality; Man as "Homo symbolicus"?; Does human experience of the world differ from that of the animals; The unspecialized traits of the human body; Is man a deficient creature?; The ontogenetic uniqueness of man Human freedom - The predominantly negative approach of modern philosophy: Autonomous freedom versus natural causality; Bridging the abyss teleologically; Entelechie negativiely described; The influence of Hans Driesch; Reinforced dialectics: Extentialism and existential phenomenology; Freedom at the molecular level; The rejection of structural conditions: nominalism; The common root of diverging trends in modern philosophy; Human freedom: a subjective response to normative conditions D.F.M. Strauss. Bibliography: p. 53-62. Human evolution Human beings Origin 190 STR 9780620123129 900507 20230420095036.0 ocm22590458