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IT was Descartes who imposed upon European thought for at least two centuries, and upon biology for much longer, that ‘bifurcation’ of Nature into matter and mind which has raised so many insoluble problems for philosophy, and diverted biology from its true method. As to its effect on philosophy, Prof. A. N. Whitehead writes:
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RUSSELL, E. The Study of Behaviour. Nature 134, 835–839 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/134835a0
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