Title:

AAAS [American Association for the Advancement of Science] Talk

Creator:

Luria, S. E. (Salvador Edward), 1912-1991

Date:

February 1976

Description:

In this speech Luria gave to a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, he addressed the "certain gloom in the world of biology" fanned by "prophets of doom" that believed that "all that was exciting to solve in biology has been solved." In it he discussed the attack by integrationists on scientific reductionism, the influence of social sciences on biology, and offered a "pure reductionist creed" that he based on three principles (see page numbers five and six). To explore this, he used the studies of evolution and embryology as examples. He closed with a brief discussion of biolinguistics.

Original Repository:

American Philosophical Society. Library. Salvador Luria Papers

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of Daniel D. Luria. and Reproduced with permission of the American Philosophical Society.

Genre:

Speeches

Format:

Text

Extent:

21 pages

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Original Repository. American Philosophical Society. Library. Salvador Luria Papers. 12096

Legacy ID:

QLBBHR

NLM ID:

101584611X117

Profiles Collection:

The Salvador E. Luria Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584611X117

Story Section:

Later Career: Teacher and Administrator, 1972-1991