The organism : a holistic approach to biology derived from pathological data in man / Kurt Goldstein. With a foreword by Oliver Sacks

Bibliographische Detailangaben
VerfasserIn: Goldstein, Kurt (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Personen: Sacks, Oliver (Vorwort)
Format: Buch
Sprache:German
Veröffentlicht: New York : Zone Books, 1995
Schlagworte:
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Method of determining symptoms. Certain general laws of organismic life. Observations on persons with brain injuries
  • The organism viewed in the light of results obtained through atomistic method. The theory of reflex structure of the organism
  • Theoretical reflections on the function of the nervous system as foundation for a theory of the organism
  • Modification of function due to impairment of the organism
  • The nature of partitive process
  • On the conception of the organism as a whole
  • Certain essential characteristics of the organism in the light of the holistic approach
  • On gestalt psychology and the theory of the physical gestalten
  • The nature of biological knowledge
  • On norm, health, and disease. On anomaly, heredity, and breeding
  • On life and mind. The problem of organismic hierarchy
  • Knowledge and action
  • Concluding remarks