Self-organization and Emergence in Life Sciences

Self-organization constitutes one of the most important theoretical debates in contemporary life sciences. The present book explores the relevance of the concept of self-organization and its impact on such scientific fields as: immunology, neurosciences, ecology and theories of evolution. Historical...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Feltz, Bernard (Editor ), Crommelinck, Marc (Editor ), Goujon, Philippe (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2006.
Edición:1st ed. 2006.
Colección:Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science, 331
Temas:
Life sciences.
Philosophy.
Biology-Philosophy.
Knowledge, Theory of.
Science-History.
Life Sciences.
Philosophy of Biology.
Epistemology.
History of Science.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • I - Scientific Approach
  • The Complex Adaptative Systems Approach to Biology
  • Emergence and Reductionism: from the Game of Life to Science of Life
  • Formalizing Emergence: the Natural After-Life of Artificial Life
  • Analysis and Synthesis of Regulator Networks in Terms of Feedback Circuits
  • Properties Emerging from Sensorimotor Interfaces: Interaction Between Experimentation and Modeling in Neurosciences
  • Neuronal Synchrony and Cognitive Functions
  • About Biology and Subjectivity in Psychiatry
  • Self-Organization and Meaning in Immunology
  • II - Historic Approach
  • Kant and the Intuitions of Self-Organization
  • On a "Mathematical Neo-Aristotelism" in Leibniz
  • "Essential Force" and "Formative Force": Models for Epigenesis in the 18th Century
  • From Logic to Self-Organization-Learning about Complexity
  • The Concept of Emergence in the XIXth Century: from Natural Theology to Biology
  • Artificial Life and the Sciences of Complexity: History and Future
  • Self-Organization in Second-Order Cybernetics: Deconstruction or Reconstruction of Complexity
  • III - Epistemological and Conceptual Approaches
  • Teleology in Self-Organizing Systems
  • Phenomenology and Self-Organization
  • A Role for Mathematical Models in Formalizing Self-Organizing systems
  • Explanation and Causality in Self-Organizing Systems
  • Self-Organization, Selection and Emergence in the Theories of Evolution.

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