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The presence of the past : morphic resonance and the habits of nature / Rupert Sheldrake.

Sheldrake, Rupert. (Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 0812916662 :
  • ISBN: 9780812916669
  • Physical Description: xxii, 391 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Times Books, c1988.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Bibliography: p. 345-363.
Formatted Contents Note:
Ch. 1. Eternity and evolution -- Ch. 2. Changeless laws, permanent energy -- Ch. 3. From human progress to universal evolution -- Ch. 4. The nature of material forms -- Ch. 5. The mystery of morphogenesis -- Ch. 6. Morphogenetic fields -- Ch. 7. Fields, matter, and morphic resonance -- Ch. 8. Biological inheritance -- Ch. 9. Animal memory -- Ch. 10. Morphic resonance in human learning -- Ch. 11. Remembering and forgetting -- Ch. 12. Minds, brains, and memories -- Ch. 13. The morphic fields of animal societies -- Ch. 14. The fields of human societies and cultures -- Ch. 15. Myths, rituals, and the influence of tradition -- Ch. 16. The evolution of life -- Ch. 17. Formative causation in cosmic evolution -- Ch. 18. Creativity within a living world.
Subject:
Science > Philosophy.
Morphogenesis.
Sciences > Philosophie.
Morphogenèse.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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