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The ontogeny of information : developmental systems and evolution.

In this work, the author attempts to complicate certain conventional dichotomies (particularly the nature/nurture split) that she belives impede scientific inquiry and thought about individual development, and to untangle the often subtle assumptions embe.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Oyama, Susan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2000.
Edición:2nd ed., rev. and expanded /
Colección:Science and cultural theory.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword / Lewontin Richard
  • Preface to Second Edition
  • Preface
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Origin and Transmission of Form: The Gene as the Vehicle of Constancy
  • 3 The Problem of Change
  • 4 Variability and Ontogenetic Differentiation
  • 5 Variations on a Theme: Cognitive Metaphors and the Homunculoid Gene
  • 6 The Ghosts in the Ghost-in-the-Machine Machine
  • 7 The Ontogeny of Information
  • 8 Reprise
  • 9 Prospects
  • Afterword to Second Edition.