Beyond Reductionism - Symposion Alpbach 1968

Beyond Reductionism - New perspectives in the life sciences was an international symposium initiated by Arthur Koestler and held in Alpbach in 1968 as part of the European Forum Alpbach series. Koestler, together with J. R. Smythies, edited the lectures and the ensuing discussions under the title of the symposium. The publication was in several languages, including a German translation entitled "Das neue Menschenbild - Die Revolutionierung der Wissenschaften vom Leben" in translation by Franz Vesely. It was financed by three publishers (Hutchinsons, London; Macmillan, New York and Verlag Fritz Molden, Vienna-Munich-Zurich).

Participants

• Ludwig von Bertalanffy
• Blanche Bruner
• Jerome S. Bruner
• Viktor E. Frankl
• F. A. Hayek
• Holger Hydén
• Bärbel Inhelder
• Seymour S. Kety
• Arthur Koestler
• Paul D. MacLean
• David McNeill
• Jean Piaget
• J. R. Smythies
• W. H. Thorpe
• C. H. Waddington
• Paul A. Weiss

Talks

• Paul A. Weiss: The living system: determinism stratified
• Ludwig von Bertalanffy: Law or Chance: Systems Theory and Selection
• Holger Hydén: Biochemical models of learning and memory
• Jean Piaget and Bärbel Inhelder: Beyond empiricism
• Jerome S. Bruner: On volitional acts and their hierarchical structure

Literature

• Beyond reductionism, new perspectives in the life sciences: proceedings of] the Alpbach Symposium [1968. Radius books. Arthur Koestler, John R. Smythies (eds.) (New ed.). London: Hutchinson. 1972. ISBN 978-0-09-112410-6.CS1 maint: others (link)
• Das neue Menschenbild - Die Revolutionierung der Wissenschaften vom Leben. Translated by Franz Vesely. Molden. 1970. ASIN B0000BQ31Y. OCLC 1072477338.