Biochemical Reductionism in Biological Context

Creator(s)

Niall Shanks, East Tennessee State University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1997

Description

Attempts to "reduce" biological systems to the level of simple physico-chemical processes have failed because during the reduction the systems lost their specifically biological properties. Living systems have numerous properties that are simply not found in the inanimate world.

Citation Information

Shanks, Niall. 1997. Biochemical Reductionism in Biological Context. Idealistic Studies. Vol.27(1-2). 11-22. https://doi.org/10.5840/idstudies1997271/22 ISSN: 0046-8541