03152nam 2200649 a 450 991078090650332120200520144314.01-282-44128-09786612441288981-283-368-4(CKB)2550000000003267(EBL)477180(OCoLC)557650583(SSID)ssj0000341164(PQKBManifestationID)11255155(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000341164(PQKBWorkID)10390625(PQKB)11615638(MiAaPQ)EBC477180(WSP)00000460 (Au-PeEL)EBL477180(CaPaEBR)ebr10361874(CaONFJC)MIL244128(PPN)168071193(EXLCZ)99255000000000326720081119d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe origin of individuals[electronic resource] /Jean-Jacques KupiecNew Jersey World Scientific20091 online resource (274 p.)Description based upon print version of record.981-270-499-X Includes bilbiographical references (p. 225-242) and indexes.Foreword; Acknowledgements; Contents; Chapter 1: Five Arguments for a New Theory of Biological Individuation; Chapter 2: What is a Probabilistic Process? Summary of the chapter; Chapter 3: The Determinism of Molecular Biology Summary of the chapter; Chapter 4: The Contradiction in Genetic Determinism Summary of the chapter; Chapter 5: Self-Organisation Does Not Resolve the Contradiction in Genetic Determinism Summary of the chapter; Chapter 6: Hetero-organisation Summary of the chapter; Chapter 7: Biology's Blind Spot Summary of the chapterConclusion: A Research Programme and Ethical Principle based on OntophylogenesisGlossary; List of Abbreviations; List of Figures; Bibliography; Author Index; Subject IndexIn the 17th century, Descartes put forth the metaphor of the machine to explain the functioning of living beings. In the 18th century, La Mettrie extended the metaphor to man. The clock was then used as the paradigm of the machine. In the 20th century, this metaphor still held but the clock was replaced by a computer. Nowadays, the organism is viewed as a robot obeying signals emanating from a computer program controlled by genetic information. This book shows that such a conception leads to contradictions not only in the theory of biology but also in its experimental research program, therebyDevelopmental geneticsBiodiversityMolecular evolutionIndividual differencesDevelopmental genetics.Biodiversity.Molecular evolution.Individual differences.571.8Kupiec Jean-Jacques903583MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780906503321The origin of individuals3717434UNINA