Biologism

They are, I believe, rooted in the nature of things, but not properly accounted for by the "biologism" of some versions of natural law. ❋ Lee (2010)

Tallis spoke with withering disdain for the overreaching claims of reductive "biologism" and "Darwinitis," which "confuse our biological roots with our cultural leaves." ❋ Unknown (2008)

And, in the latest issue of Applied Linguistics (31: 2, May 2010) she revisits the topic to critique what she calls “the new biologism”. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The world of academe is currently in the grip of a strange and worrying ¬epidemic of biologism, which has also captured the popular imagination. ❋ Raymond Tallis (2011)

Both authors look outside the conceptual frameworks upon which biologism depends. ❋ Raymond Tallis (2011)

Thus it is notable when two books written by neuro-biologists of the greatest distinction are nonetheless critical of the simplifications—both scientific and philosophical—of biologism. ❋ Raymond Tallis (2011)

Ruddick (1984), for example, has laboured to dislodge her concept of 'maternal thinking' from nineteenth-century biologism and to construct a new theory of feminist pacifism based on the concept of 'preservative love' (in Pierson, 1987: 205). ❋ Unknown (2008)

Reduction to physiologism or biologism don't seem feasible after Behe's or Wolfram's IC arguments. ❋ Unknown (2006)

This facile biologism leads the critics to propose some distasteful remedies to allow these testosterone-juiced boys to express themselves. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The danger here lies not so much in the conclusions given by Diamond, but in the biologism of his methodological assumption. ❋ Unknown (2005)

And I, too, like Dr. Tolpin, find Erik Erikson's avuncular wisdom more congenial than Freud's relentless biologism. ❋ Blum, Harold P. (1994)

Maybe this is merely uncharitable, since clearly Thompson doesn't really mean that he can engage in a potentially infinite sequence of oral performances, not really really; maybe, on the other hand, it's some kind of disreputable biologism and dispensible to the sort of analysis he's engaged in. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Wallach is not out to extol femininity or to destroy masculinity, but to reject, in Simone de Beauvoir’s words, “biologism as essentialism.” ❋ Unknown (2009)

I have [five] kids, but this [new baby] is just my [second] biological. ❋ Allterrain (2009)

"In [a hundred] years everyone in this [building] will be dead." "That's #[biological]." ❋ Cantalina (2017)

[Ryan] was Biologizing when he was [studying] the [mitochondria]. ❋ Alimator210 (2022)

[Gabay]: Ey bro, did you finish that English assignment? Claire: [Nah dawg], me and my boyfriend decided to just [biologize]. ❋ TacoChico (2011)

I had to sit outside to write my [biolog] for 2 fucking hours just to [satisfy] my [Biology teacher]. ❋ Thatonekiddo (2011)

Dude, [keep it] [wrapped], your biological footprint is already [too big]. ❋ ColoradoJules (2008)

[Oi]...where's all this [hair] [coming] from? Its your biological clock, man! ❋ Shinji-kun (2004)

My friend won't stop talking about [how sweet] and cute babies are and how she wants to have one now - her biological clock totally [went off]!! My friend says she doesn't want children...I guess her biological clock hasn't [gone off] yet. ❋ Therealdef124 (2010)

"I [committed] some [Biological Whorefare] on [Tina], serves her right for cheating on me!" ❋ Vanilla Burrito (2022)

[Neal] can look past the potleafs and the [initials] scribed into the stall door. But he could not pretend the toilet seat wasn't [littered] with biological graffiti. ❋ TheAdKid (2009)