Evolutionary Biology
To understand biology we must consider the origins of species through variation and natural selection.
The mechanists' emphasis on proximate causation leads them to ignore the origins of life forms.

Their demand for mathematical explanation leads them to underestimate the complexity of biological systems.

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Members of the school include: Charles Darwin, Thomas Huxley, and James Baldwin.

Baldwin (1909) makes the argument against mechanistic biology most explicitly.
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