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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Duke Univ Pr
Publication date
March 1, 2000
Pages
273
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
2 rev sub
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780822324317
ISBN-10
0822324318
Dimensions
1.25 by 6.75 by 9.75 in.
Weight
1.50 lbs.
Original list price
$89.95
Other format details
university press
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The Ontogeny of Information is a critical intervention into the ongoing and perpetually troubling nature-nurture debates surrounding human development. Originally published in 1985, this was a foundational text in what is now the substantial field of developmental systems theory. In this revised edition Susan Oyama argues compellingly that nature and nurture are not alternative influences on human development but, rather, developmental products and the developmental processes that produce them.
Information, says Oyama, is thought to reside in molecules, cells, tissues, and the environment. When something wondrous occurs in the world, we tend to question whether the information guiding the transformation was pre-encoded in the organism or installed through experience or instruction. Oyama looks beyond this either-or question to focus on the history of such developments. She shows that what developmental âinformationâ does depends on what is already in place and what alternatives are available. She terms this process âconstructive interactionism,â whereby each combination of genes and environmental influences simultaneously interacts to produce a unique result. Ontogeny, then, is the result of dynamic and complex interactions in multileveled developmental systems.
The Ontogeny of Information challenges specialists in the fields of developmental biology, philosophy of biology, psychology, and sociology, and even nonspecialists, to reexamine the existing nature-nurture dichotomy as it relates to the history and formation of organisms.
Information, says Oyama, is thought to reside in molecules, cells, tissues, and the environment. When something wondrous occurs in the world, we tend to question whether the information guiding the transformation was pre-encoded in the organism or installed through experience or instruction. Oyama looks beyond this either-or question to focus on the history of such developments. She shows that what developmental âinformationâ does depends on what is already in place and what alternatives are available. She terms this process âconstructive interactionism,â whereby each combination of genes and environmental influences simultaneously interacts to produce a unique result. Ontogeny, then, is the result of dynamic and complex interactions in multileveled developmental systems.
The Ontogeny of Information challenges specialists in the fields of developmental biology, philosophy of biology, psychology, and sociology, and even nonspecialists, to reexamine the existing nature-nurture dichotomy as it relates to the history and formation of organisms.
Editions
Hardcover
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2 rev sub edition from Duke Univ Pr (March 1, 2000)
9780822324317 | details & prices | 273 pages | 6.75 × 9.75 × 1.25 in. | 1.50 lbs | List price $89.95
About: The Ontogeny of Information is a critical intervention into the ongoing and perpetually troubling nature-nurture debates surrounding human development.
About: The Ontogeny of Information is a critical intervention into the ongoing and perpetually troubling nature-nurture debates surrounding human development.
from Cambridge Univ Pr (March 1, 1986)
9780521320986 | details & prices | List price $18.95
About: In The Ontogeny of Information, Susan Oyama draws on psychology, biology, and anthropology, as well as philosophy and history, to explore the many facets of the nature-nurture debate.
About: In The Ontogeny of Information, Susan Oyama draws on psychology, biology, and anthropology, as well as philosophy and history, to explore the many facets of the nature-nurture debate.
Paperback
With E. Roy Weintraub (other contributor), Barbara Herrnstein Smith (other contributor), Richard Lewontin (other contributor) |
2 rev exp edition from Duke Univ Pr (March 1, 2000)
9780822324669 | details & prices | 273 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 0.75 in. | 1.15 lbs | List price $29.95
With Diane Betties (other contributor) |
from Cambridge Univ Pr (January 1, 1986)
9780521312578 | details & prices | 206 pages | 6.00 × 8.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $19.95
This edition also contains Ibiza Nudes
This edition also contains Ibiza Nudes
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