LEADER 04327nam 2200685 450 001 9910809200703321 005 20230803221625.0 010 $a3-11-037331-9 010 $a3-11-035259-1 024 7 $a10.1515/9783110352597 035 $a(CKB)2550000001326149 035 $a(EBL)1586371 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001262117 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11729141 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001262117 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11210769 035 $a(PQKB)10218587 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1586371 035 $a(DE-B1597)324073 035 $a(OCoLC)893191806 035 $a(OCoLC)979912382 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783110352597 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1586371 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11014132 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL624845 035 $a(OCoLC)882769371 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001326149 100 $a20150212h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $ager 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aLife and process $etowards a new biophilosophy /$fedited by Spyridon A. Koutroufinis 210 1$aBerlin, [Germany] ;$aBoston, [Massachusetts] :$cWalter de Gruyter GmbH,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (336 p.) 225 1 $aProcess Thought,$x2198-2287 ;$vVolume 26 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-306-93594-6 311 $a3-11-034326-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tTable of Contents -- $tPreface -- $tAcknowledgments I -- $tList of Contributors -- $tIntroduction: The Need for a New Biophilosophy / $rKoutroufinis, Spyridon A. -- $tTeleology and the Life Sciences: Between Limit Concept and Ontological Necessity / $rMuraca, Barbara -- $tThe Experience of Environmental Phosphate Fluctuations by Cyanobacteria: an Essay on the Teleological Feature of Physiological Adaptation / $rFalkner, Gernot / Falkner, Renate -- $tBeyond Systems Theoretical Explanations of an Organism's Becoming: A Process Philosophical Approach / $rKoutroufinis, Spyridon A. -- $tProcess and Action: Whitehead's Ontological Units and Perceptuomotor Control Units / $rDelafield-Butt, Jonathan T. -- $tLife in the Interstices: Systems Biology and Process Thought / $rEarley, Joseph E. -- $tQuantum Biology: A Live Option / $rGunter, Pete A.Y. -- $tThe Effect of Mind upon Brain / $rStapp, Henry P. -- $tA Fourth Variable in Evolution / $rCobb, John B. -- $tEvolution without Tears: A Third Way beyond Neo-Darwinism and Intelligent Design / $rGriffin, David R. -- $tCovariance and Evolution / $rValenza, Robert J. -- $tIndex 330 $aAlfred North Whitehead is arguably the most original 20th-century philosopher of nature and metaphysics. In recent decades a number of physicists have produced ground-breaking new theories in fundamental physics influenced by his process philosophy. In contrast, few biologists are even aware that Whitehead's radical rethinking of the Cartesian assumptions implicit in 19th-century sciences might be relevant to their enterprise. This book seeks to fill this gap by exploring how Whitehead's process ontology might provide a new philosophical foundation for the biosciences of the 21st century. The central premise shared by all of the volume's authors is the idea that all living processes are irreducible processes. Each chapter focuses on assumptions implicit in some of the core concepts of biology - such as organism, evolution, information, and teleology - that play crucial explanatory roles in the biosciences, but as metaphysical concepts fall outside its purview. The authors each identify important shortcomings implicit in contemporary biological paradigms and show how an approach grounded in a process-oriented metaphysics can avoid them. 410 0$aProcess thought ;$vVolume 26. 606 $aBiology$xPhilosophy 610 $aA.N. Whitehead. 610 $aBiophilosophy. 610 $aOrganism. 615 0$aBiology$xPhilosophy. 676 $a570.1 686 $aCC 3700$2rvk 702 $aKoutroufinis$b Spyridon A.$f1967- 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809200703321 996 $aLife and process$93917894 997 $aUNINA