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Informationen zum Autor John Fleming is a 77-year-old retired academic. After completing his undergraduate degrees in politics and psychology, he completed his PhD at Griffith University in 1992 in philosophy and medical ethics.He was Foundation Director of Adelaide's Southern Cross Bioethics Institute, 1987-2004, a foundation member of UNESCO's International Bioethics Committee (1993-1996), and has served on many Federal and State government policy advisory committees in Australia. He was an elected delegate to the Australian Constitutional Convention (1998), a member of the Council of the National Museum of Australia, from 2003-2009, and Foundation President of Australia's first tertiary liberal arts college, Campion College, Old Toongabbie, Australia (2004-2009). He was a Corresponding Member of the Pontifical Academy for Life (Vatican) between 1996-2016. He is the author of nine books and many articles on bioethics and public policy. Klappentext This two-volume Philosophy of Zoology! published in 1822! was borrowed by the young Charles Darwin from Edinburgh University Library. Zusammenfassung John Fleming (1785-1857) was a minister of the Church of Scotland! but in his time at the University of Edinburgh he had also studied geology and zoology. His two-volume Philosophy of Zoology published in 1822! was borrowed by the young Charles Darwin from Edinburgh University Library. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. On the condition of animals; 2. On the methods of investigation employed; 3. On the rules of nomenclature; 4. General view of the classification of the objects of the animal kingdom.
