Goethe's way of science : a phenomenology of nature / Phenomenology of nature edited by David Seamon, Arthur Zajonc. - xii, 324 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - Suny series in environmental and architectural phenomenology . - SUNY series in environmental and architectural phenomenology. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Goethe, nature, and phenomenology: an introduction / David Seamon -- Goethe and the science of his time: an historical introduction / Arthur Zajonc -- Part 1: Goethean science: philosophical foundations -- The metamorphosis of the scientist / Frederick Amine -- Goethean science / Walter Hitler -- Goethe, science, and sensory experience / Herbert Hens -- The idea in nature: rereading Goethe's organics / Ronald H. Brady -- Part 2: Doing Goethean science -- Transformations in the foliage leaves of the higher plants -- The united of science and art: Goethean phenomenology as a new ecological discipline / Nigel Hoffmann -- Horns, hooves, spots, and stripes: form and pattern in mammals / Mark Riegner -- Seeing the animal whole: the example of the horse and lion / Craig Holdrege -- Flowforms and the language of water / Mark Riegner and John Wilkes -- Part 3: The future of Goethean science -- The resurrection of thinking and the redemption of Faust: Goethe's new scientific attitude / Alan P. Control -- Counterfeit and authentic wholes: finding a means for dwelling in nature / Henri Bortoft -- Light and cognition: Goethean studies as a science of the future / Arthur Zajonc.

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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832 --Knowledge--Science.


Science--History--18th century.
Science--History--19th century.
Philosophy of nature--History--18th century.
Philosophy of nature--History--19th century.
Phenomenology--History--18th century.
Phenomenology--History--19th century.

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