Investigations /

"A tour-de-force exploration of the very essence of life itself, with conclusions that radically undermine the scientific approaches on which modern science rests; the approches of Newton, Boltzman, Boht and Einstein."--Cover.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kauffman, Stuart A.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
Subjects:	Life > Origin > Philosophy. Self-organizing systems > Philosophy. Molecular evolution > Philosophy. Evolution (Biology) > Philosophy. Evolution, Molecular > philosophy. Biological Evolution > philosophy. Vie > Origines > Philosophie. Systèmes auto-organisés > Philosophie. Évolution moléculaire > Philosophie. Sélection naturelle. Philosophie. Innovations industrielles. Sciences de la vie. Evolution (Biology) > Philosophy Life > Origin > Philosophy Molecular evolution > Philosophy Self-organizing systems > Philosophy Leben Leven. Kosmologie. Dynamische systemen. Ecologische aspecten. Filosofische aspecten. Natuurwetten. Internet (impactos sociais) Evolução molecular (filosofia) Leben.
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Table of Contents:

Preface
Prolegomenon to a general biology
Origins of life
Autonomous agents
Propagating organization
Physics of semantics?
Emergence and story : beyond Newton, Einstein, and Bohr?
Nonergodic universe : the possibility of new laws
Candidate laws for the coconstruction of a biosphere
Persistently innovative econosphere
Coconstructing cosmos?
Epilogue.