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Organism, medicine, and metaphysics

essays in honor of Hans Jonas on his 75th birthday, may 10, 1978

edited byStuart Spicker

Abstract

This Festschrift is presented to Professor Hans Jonas on the occasion of his seventy-fifth birthday, as affirmation of the contributors' respect and admiration. As a volume in the series 'Philosophy and Medicine' the contributions not only reflect certain interests and pursuits of the scholar to whom it is dedi­ cated, but also serve to bring to convergence the interests of the contributors in the history of humanity and medicine, the theory of organism, medicine in the service of the patient's autonomy, and the metaphysical, i.e., phenome­ nological foundations of medicine. Notwithstanding the nature of such personal gifts as the authors' contributions (which, with the exception of the late Hannah Arendt's, appear here for the first time), the essays also transcend the personal and serve to elaborate specific themes and theses disclosed in the numerous writings of Hans Jonas. The editor owes a personal debt of gratitude to many, including Hannah Arendt, who offered their assistance during the preparation of the volume.

Details | Table of Contents

The execution of euthanasia

the right of the dying to a re-formed health care context

Stuart Spicker

pp.73-94

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9783-7_6
Whitehead and Jonas

on biological organisms and real individuals

Strachan Donnelley

pp.155-175

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9783-7_10
The philosopher and the scientists

comments on the perception of the exact sciences in the work of Hans Jonas

Wilhelm Magnus

pp.225-231

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9783-7_13

Publication details

Publisher: Springer

Place: Dordrecht

Year: 1978

Pages: 330

ISBN (hardback): 978-94-009-9785-1

ISBN (digital): 978-94-009-9783-7

Full citation:

Spicker Stuart (1978) Organism, medicine, and metaphysics: essays in honor of Hans Jonas on his 75th birthday, may 10, 1978. Dordrecht, Springer.