Abstract:The Hungarian-born intellectual Arthur Koestler produced a wide-ranging corpus of written work throughout the mid twentieth century. Despite being the subject of two huge biographies in recent years, his long-standing engagement with numerous scientific disciplines remains unexplored. This paper situates Koestler's scientific philosophy within the context of mid-twentieth-century science and explores his relationship with key figures, including Dennis Gábor, C. H. Waddington, Ludwig von Bertalanffy and J. R. S… Show more
“…less atomistic and analytic) understanding organisms. Notwithstanding the like-mindedness of the symposiasts in so many ways, however no consensus was reached of what it meant to be an anti-reductionist biologist (Stark 2016).…”
“…less atomistic and analytic) understanding organisms. Notwithstanding the like-mindedness of the symposiasts in so many ways, however no consensus was reached of what it meant to be an anti-reductionist biologist (Stark 2016).…”
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