Biology, History, and Natural Philosophy

I. The Autonomy of Biology as a Natural Science.- II. The Model of Open Systems: Beyond Molecular Biology.- III. Electronic Mobility in Biological Processes.- IV. The Evolution and Organization of Sentient Biological Behavior Systems.- V. The Evolutionary Significance of Biological Templates.- VI. Evolutionary Modulation of Ribosomal RNA Synthesis in Oogenesis and Early Embryonic Development.- VII. Respiration as Interface Between Self and Non-Self: Historico-Biological Perspectives.- VIII. Measurement Theory and Biology.- IX. The Transition from Theoretical Physics into Theoretical Biology.- X. Scientific Enterprises from a Biological Point of View.- XI. Historical Observations Concerning the Relationship Between Biology and Mathematics.- XII. A Survey of the Mechanical Interpretations of Life from Greek Atomists to the Followers of Descartes.- XIII. The Place of Normative Ethics within a Biological Framework.- XIV. The Evolutionary Thought of Teilhard de Chardin.- XV. The Use of Biological Concepts in the Writing of History.- XVI. What is a Historical System?.- XVII. On a Difference Between the Natural Sciences and History.- XVIII. Historical Taxonomy.- XIX. Theories of the Universe in the Late Eighteenth Century.- XX. Must a Machine Be an Automaton?.- XXI. Epistemology, the Mind and the Computer.- XXII. Marginal Notes on Schrödinger.