The Ontogeny of Information : Developmental Systems and Evolution

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Oyama, Susan (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2000.
Edition:2nd ed., rev. and expanded /
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Évolution (biologie)
Information, Theorie de l', en biologie.
Erfelijkheid en omgeving.
Ontogenese.
Evolutie.
Ontogenie
Evolution
Entwicklungstheorie
Erbe-Umwelt-Problem
Informationstheorie
Vererbung
Information theory in biology.
Evolution (Biology)
Hominidae.
Information theory.
Biology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Evolution.
biology.
Theorie de l'information.
Biologie.
Theorie de l'information en biologie.
Hominidae
Information Theory
Biology
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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