Biological Autonomy A Philosophical and Theoretical Enquiry /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Moreno, Alvaro (Συγγραφέας), Mossio, Matteo (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Σειρά: History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences, 12
• Θέματα: Philosophy.; Biology > Philosophy.; Systems biology.; Cognitive psychology.; Philosophy of Biology.; Systems Biology.; Cognitive Psychology.

Since Darwin, Biology has been framed on the idea of evolution by natural selection, which has profoundly influenced the scientific and philosophical comprehension of biological phenomena and of our place in Nature. This book argues that contemporary biology should progress towards and revolve aroun...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction: Life as autonomy
• I. Constraints and organisational closure
• II. Biological emergence and inter-levels causation
• III. Teleology, normativity, and functionality
• IV. Agency
• V. Evolution: the historical dimension of autonomy
• VI. Organisms and levels of autonomy
• VII. Cognition
• VIII. Opening conclusions
• Index.