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Sunday 13 November 2005

Philosophy

Philosophy studies the fundamental nature of existence, of man, and of man’s relationship to existence. As against the special sciences, which deal only with particular aspects, philosophy deals with those aspects of the universe which pertain to everything that exists.

At the base of Philosophy are the sciences of Metaphysics and Epistemology. Above these branches is Ethics, and the highest branches of Philosophy are Politics and finally Aesthetics.

Thematics

- life / living / vitalism
- mechanisms / biomechanisms / processes / bioprocesses
- structures / biostructures
- individuation / organism / organisms
- finality / teleology / teleonomy
- epistemology / bioepistemology
- systematics / classification
- heredity / genetics / development
- race / rinship / ethnical group
- mind / conscience / neurosciences
- synthetic biology