LEADER 03731nam 22006735 450 001 9910483699203321 005 20230810232605.0 010 $a94-017-9837-0 024 7 $a10.1007/978-94-017-9837-2 035 $a(CKB)3710000000412302 035 $a(EBL)2095498 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001501366 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11918405 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001501366 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11524527 035 $a(PQKB)11327779 035 $a(DE-He213)978-94-017-9837-2 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2095498 035 $a(PPN)186027699 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000412302 100 $a20150504d2015 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBiological Autonomy $eA Philosophical and Theoretical Enquiry /$fby Alvaro Moreno, Matteo Mossio 205 $a1st ed. 2015. 210 1$aDordrecht :$cSpringer Netherlands :$cImprint: Springer,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (249 p.) 225 1 $aHistory, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences,$x2211-1956 ;$v12 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a94-017-9836-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: 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. 330 $aSince Darwin, Biology has been framed on the idea of evolution by natural selection, which has profoundly influenced the scientific and philosophical comprehension of biological phenomena and of our place in Nature. This book argues that contemporary biology should progress towards and revolve around an even more fundamental idea, that of autonomy. Biological autonomy describes living organisms as organised systems, which are able to self-produce and self-maintain as integrated entities, to establish their own goals and norms, and to promote the conditions of their existence through their interactions with the environment. Topics covered in this book include organisation and biological emergence, organisms, agency, levels of autonomy, cognition, and a look at the historical dimension of autonomy. The current development of scientific investigations on autonomous organisation calls for a theoretical and philosophical analysis. This can contribute to the elaboration of an original understanding of life - including human life - on Earth, opening new perspectives and enabling fecund interactions with other existing theories and approaches. This book takes up the challenge. 410 0$aHistory, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences,$x2211-1956 ;$v12 606 $aBiology$xPhilosophy 606 $aBioinformatics 606 $aCognitive psychology 606 $aPhilosophy of Biology 606 $aComputational and Systems Biology 606 $aCognitive Psychology 615 0$aBiology$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aBioinformatics. 615 0$aCognitive psychology. 615 14$aPhilosophy of Biology. 615 24$aComputational and Systems Biology. 615 24$aCognitive Psychology. 676 $a574.01 700 $aMoreno$b Alvaro$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01226047 702 $aMossio$b Matteo$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910483699203321 996 $aBiological Autonomy$92846608 997 $aUNINA