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From Assessing to Conserving Biodiversity : Conceptual and Practical Challenges / / edited by Elena Casetta, Jorge Marques da Silva, Davide Vecchi
| From Assessing to Conserving Biodiversity : Conceptual and Practical Challenges / / edited by Elena Casetta, Jorge Marques da Silva, Davide Vecchi |
| Autore | Casetta Elena |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2019.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIV, 452 p. 36 illus.) |
| Disciplina |
570.1
333.9516 |
| Collana | History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences |
| Soggetto topico |
Biology - Philosophy
Biodiversity Physical geography Biotic communities Philosophy of Biology Earth System Sciences Ecosystems |
| ISBN | 3-030-10991-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Part I. Characterizing Biodiversity: Beyond the Species Approach -- Chapter 1. Beyond Biodiversity and Speciation – Disparity and Evolvability (Alessandro Minelli) -- Chapter 2. Can Plasticity Lead to the Emergence of Novel Units of Biodiversity? (Davide Vecchi, Rob Mills) -- Chapter 3. Between Explanans and Explanandum: Biodiversity and the Theoretical Unity of Ecology (Philippe Huneman) -- Chapter 4. Functional Biodiversity and the Idea that Organisms Fulfil Functional Roles within Ecological Units (Antoine C. Dussault) -- Chapter 5. The Importance of Scaling in Biodiversity (Luís Borda de Agua) -- Part II. Estimating Biodiversity: Limitation and Challenges -- Chapter 6. A Multidisciplinary Research to Understand and to Correct the Impacts of Species Concepts and Ignored Cryptic Species on Biodiversity Assessments (Anne Chenuil) -- Chapter 7. Statistical Measures of Biological Diversity: A Unified Framework and Discussion (Vincenzo Crupi) -- Chapter 8. Measuring Biodiversity from Traits to Landscapes (Cristina Branquino) -- Part III. Representing Biodiversity: Cognitive Representation and Representation by Specimen -- Chapter 9. The Representations of Biodiversity (Anouk Barberousse) -- Chapter 10. Natural History Collections as Models of the Diversity of the Natural World (Judite Alves) -- Chapter 11. News from the Battlefield: Bridging Epistemologies and Ontologies in the Field of Biodiversity (Marie Roué) -- Chapter 12. On the Impossibility and Dispensability of Defining ‘Biodiversity’ – and its Function as a Mediator Between Heterogeneous Fields (Georg Toepfer) -- Chapter 13. Value-Ladeness of Biodiversity. A Post-Normal Conceptual Analysis (Matthias Kaiser) -- Part IV. Conserving Biodiversity: From Science to Policies -- Chapter 14. Conservation Sovereignty and Biodiversity (Marku Oksanen & Timo Vuorisalo) -- Chapter 15. The Vagueness of “Biodiversity” and its Implications in Conservation Practice (Yves Meinard, Sylvain Coq, Bernhard Schmid) -- Chapter 16. The Role of Communities in Biodiversity Conservation. The Case of Multispecies Biofilms (Jorge Marques da Silva, Elena Casetta) -- Chapter 17. Modification of Habitats and Introduction of Exotic Species in Marine and Estuarine Environments: Always a Threat or Sometimes an Opportunity to Increase Biodiversity and to Enhance Biodiversity Conservation? (José Lino Costa, et al) -- Chapter 18. Ordinary Biodiversity. The Case of Food (Andrea Borghini). |
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From Life to Architecture, to Life [[electronic resource] /] / by Tim Ireland
| From Life to Architecture, to Life [[electronic resource] /] / by Tim Ireland |
| Autore | Ireland Tim |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2024.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2024 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (433 pages) |
| Disciplina | 401.4 |
| Collana | Biosemiotics |
| Soggetto topico |
Semiotics
Architecture - History Social sciences Humanities Biology - Philosophy Life sciences Architectural History and Theory Humanities and Social Sciences Philosophy of Biology Life Sciences |
| ISBN | 3-031-45925-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction -- Part 1. Architecture to Biosemiotics -- 2. The Essence of Architectural Creation -- 3. Architecture is like a Language -- Part 2. Biosemiotics to Architecture -- 4. Computing Life and Architecture -- 5. A Biosemiotic Conception of Space -- Part 3. Architecture to Life -- 6. Architecture and Life. |
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Ireland Tim
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From Stars to Brains: Milestones in the Planetary Evolution of Life and Intelligence / / by Andrew Y. Glikson
| From Stars to Brains: Milestones in the Planetary Evolution of Life and Intelligence / / by Andrew Y. Glikson |
| Autore | Glikson Andrew Y |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2019.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XXIV, 160 p. 82 illus., 79 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina | 570.1 |
| Soggetto topico |
Biology—Philosophy
Geobiology Astrobiology Paleontology Evolutionary biology Philosophy of Biology Biogeosciences Paleontology Evolutionary Biology |
| ISBN | 3-030-10603-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. The Building blocks of intelligence -- 2. Milestones in early evolution -- 3. From the genetic code to collective brains -- 4. Intelligent communities -- 5. Directional thought and evolution -- 6. Epilogue—From stars to brains. |
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Glikson Andrew Y
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Functions: From Organisms to Artefacts / / edited by Jean Gayon, Armand de Ricqlès, Antoine C. Dussault
| Functions: From Organisms to Artefacts / / edited by Jean Gayon, Armand de Ricqlès, Antoine C. Dussault |
| Autore | Gayon Jean |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2023.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (378 pages) |
| Disciplina | 570.1 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
de RicqlèsArmand
DussaultAntoine C |
| Collana | History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences |
| Soggetto topico |
Biology - Philosophy
Technology - Philosophy Medicine - Philosophy Philosophy of Biology Philosophy of Technology Philosophy of Medicine |
| ISBN | 3-031-31271-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction to the English version* -- Original introduction -- PART 1 - CONCEPTUAL AND HISTORICAL PROBLEMS. Section 1. Origins of functional discourse in the life sciences Chapter 1 - Biological Function: A Brief Slice of History (James G. Lennox) -- Chapter 2 - The Structure-Function Relationship in the Advent of Biology (François Duchesneau) -- Chapter 3 - Tissues, Properties, Functions: The Term Function in French Biology in the Early 19th Century (Laurent Clauzade) -- Chapter 4 - « Design », History of the Word and the Concept: Natural Sciences, History, Theology, Aesthetics (Daniel Becquemont) -- Chapter 5 - Function and Purpose: Review of the “Written Symposium” (1976-1984) Organized by the Institut de la Méthode of the Ferdinand Gonseth Association (Pierre-Marie Pouget) * -- Section 2. Function, selection, adaptation Chapter 6 - How are Traits Typed for the Purpose of Ascribing Functions to Them? (Karen Neander) -- Chapter 7 - Attribution of Functions and Levels of Organization in Biology (Jean Gayon) -- Chapter 8 - Function and Adaptation: A Conceptual Demarcation, Instigated by Borderline Cases for Etiological Theory (Philippe Huneman) -- Chapter 9 - Function, Adaptation, and Design in Biology (Gustavo Caponi)* -- Chapter 10 - Ecological Functions, External Teleology and Between-Species Beneficial Relations (or How Aristotle and Kant Can Help us Understand Functions in Ecology) (Antoine C. Dussault)* -- PART 2 - FUNCTIONS IN BIOLOGY. Section 3. Structures and functions in morphology and paleontology Chapter 11 - The Problem of Complex Causality at the Origin of the Structure-Function Relationship 1/ Generality, 2/ The Case Of Bone Tissue (Armand de Ricqlès and Jorge Cubo) -- Chapter 12 - Structure, Function and Evolution of the Middle Ear of Extant and Extinct Vertebrates: Paleobiological and Phylogenetic Interpretations (Michel Laurin) -- Section 4. Attributions of function in experimental biology Chapter 13 - The History of Integration: From Spencer to Sherrington and Later (Jean-Claude Dupont) -- Chapter 14 - Assigning Functions to Individual Macromolecules: A Complex History that Reflects the Transformations of Biology (Michel Morange) -- Chapter 15 - Function, Functioning, Multifunctionality: Genetics of Development and Evolution (Charles Galperin) -- Chapter 16 - Does the Immune System have a Function? (Thomas Pradeu) -- Section 5: Functions and the Origins of Life Chapter 17 - Functions in Chemistry (Aurore Dupin)* -- Chapter 18 - Heterotrophy vs. Autotrophy: Carbon Metabolism in the Debate on the Origins of Life in the Middle of the 20th Century (Stéphane Tirard) -- Chapter 19 - What are Ribozymes for? Arguing for Function Pluralism (Christophe Malaterre) -- Section 6. Functions in Psychology and Neuroscience Chapter 20 - Functionalist Psychologists From the School of Chicago and the Beginnings of Behaviorism (Françoise Parot) -- Chapter 21 - Face Recognition and Functional Analysis (Denis Forest) -- PART 3 - FUNCTION AND DYSFUNCTION IN MEDICINE AND IN TECHNOLOGY. Section 7. Function and Malfunction Chapter 22 - Dys-, Mal- and Non-: the Other Side of Functionality (Ulrich Krohs) -- Chapter 23 - Functional Reasoning in Psychiatry (Arnaud Plagnol) -- Section 8. The Same Functional Reasoning in Engineering and Biology? Chapter 24 - The Idea of Function in Biology and Robotics as Reflected in the “RoboCoq” Project (Anick Abourachid and Vincent Hugel) -- Chapter 25 - Theories of Technical Functions: Sophisticated Combinations of Three Archetypes (Wybo Houkes and Pieter E. Vermaas) -- Chapter 26 - What a Functional Explanation Explains: the Case of Bio-Artifacts (Françoise Longy) -- Chapter 27 - Technical Function, Use and Functioning in Simondon’s Ontogenetic Thought (Jean-Hugues Barthélémy)*. |
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Gayon Jean
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023 | ||
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Handbook of Evolutionary Thinking in the Sciences / / edited by Thomas Heams, Philippe Huneman, Guillaume Lecointre, Marc Silberstein
| Handbook of Evolutionary Thinking in the Sciences / / edited by Thomas Heams, Philippe Huneman, Guillaume Lecointre, Marc Silberstein |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (898 p.) |
| Disciplina |
507.1
570 570.1 576.8 |
| Soggetto topico |
Evolution (Biology)
Biology - Philosophy Science - Study and teaching Evolutionary Biology Philosophy of Biology Science Education |
| ISBN | 94-017-9014-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Foreword; Jean Gayon -- Introduction; Thomas Heams, Philippe Huneman, Guillaume Lecointre, Marc Silberstein -- Part 1. Concepts: Processes -- Variation; Thomas Heams -- Heredity; Thomas Heams -- Selection; Philippe Huneman -- Adaptation; Philippe Grandcolas -- Function; Armand de Ricqlés -- Part 2. Concepts: Patterns -- Character; Véronique Barriel -- Species; Sarah Samadi and Anouk Barberousse -- Descent (filiation); Guillauem Lecointre -- Life; Stéphane Tirard -- Part 3. Darwinism “At Work” : Philosophy of Science -- Formalising Evolutionary Theory ; Anouk Barberousse -- Continuities and Discontinuities of Variation Mechanisms in On the Origin of Species; Pascal Charbonnat -- Evolutionary Developmental Biology: Philosophical Issues; Alan C. Love -- Phenotypic plasticity: From microevolution to macroevolution; Antonine Nicoglou -- Darwin and molecular biology; Michel Morange -- Systems biology and evolutionary biology; Pierre-Alain Braillard -- The (in)determinism of biological evolution; where does the stochastic character of evolutionary theory come from? Christophe Malaterre and Francesca Merlin -- Darwin and phylogenetics: past and present; Pascal Tassy -- Telling the story of life; on the use of narrative; Guillaume Lecointre -- Part 4. Darwinism “At Work” : From molecules to eco-systems -- What exactly is Synthetic Biology? Thomas Heams -- Evolutionary developmental biology and its contribution to a new synthetic theory; Guillaume Balavoine -- Behavior and Evolution: crossed glances; Henri Cap -- Sex and evolution: Pierre Henry Gouyon, Damien de Vienne, and Tatiana Girard -- Biological costs of a small stature for Homo sapiens females: new perspectives on stature sexual dimorphism; Priscille Touraille -- Ecology and evolution: Toward a multi-hierarchical connection; Julien DeLord -- The ecological niche: history and recent controversies; Arnaud Pocheville -- Darwin, Evolution, and Medicine: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives; Pierre-Oliver Méthot -- Part 5. Evolution in Other Sciences -- Evolutionary algorithms; Marc Schoenauer -- Artificial evolution of autonomous robots and virtual creatures; Nicolas Bredeche -- Evolutionary Psychology, Adaptation and Design: Stephen M. Downes -- Externalist Evolutionary Cognitive Science; Pierre Poirier and Luc Faucher -- Human Language: An Evolutionary Anomaly; Jean-Louis Dessalles -- Evolution, Society, and Ethics: Social Darwinism versus Evolutionary Ethics; Christine Clavien -- Darwinian Morality: Moral Darwinism; Jérȏme Ravat -- Origins and evolution of religion from a Darwinian point of view: synthesis of different theories; Pierrick Bourrat -- Current Darwinism in Social Science; Christophe Heintz and Nicolas Claidiére -- Evolutionary economics: a specific form of evolution? Eva Debray -- Phylo-Linguistics: Enacting Darwin’s Linguistic Image; Mahé Ben Hamed -- Biological functions and semantic content: the teleosemantics; Franҫoise Longy -- Part 6. About Anti-Darwinism -- Evolutionism(s) and creationism(s); Olivier Brosseau and Marc Silberstein -- The theory of evolution in secondary schools: some teaching issues; Corine Fortin. |
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Die Herleitung biologischer Hauptsätze / / von Vollrath Hopp
| Die Herleitung biologischer Hauptsätze / / von Vollrath Hopp |
| Autore | Hopp Vollrath |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer Spektrum, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (IX, 85 S. 23 Abb.) |
| Disciplina | 540 |
| Soggetto topico |
Chemistry
Biology—Philosophy Evolutionary biology Chemistry/Food Science, general Philosophy of Biology Evolutionary Biology |
| ISBN | 3-662-54463-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | ger |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Wie können biologische Hauptsätze formuliert werden [E. biological principles – how can these be formulated? -- 2. Die Biologischen Hauptsätze – ihre Herleitung [E. The biological principles – a derivation] -- 3. Anhang – Erläuterungen und Definitionen [E. appendix – explanations and definitions] -- 4. Literaturhinweise [E. references] -- 5. An English summary – Biological principles – how can these be formulated?. |
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| Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer Spektrum, , 2017 | ||
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Herrera's 'Plasmogenia' and Other Collected Works : Early Writings on the Experimental Study of the Origin of Life / / by Henderson James Cleaves, Antonio Lazcano, Ismael Ledesma Mateos, Alicia Negrón-Mendoza, Juli Peretó, Ervin Silva
| Herrera's 'Plasmogenia' and Other Collected Works : Early Writings on the Experimental Study of the Origin of Life / / by Henderson James Cleaves, Antonio Lazcano, Ismael Ledesma Mateos, Alicia Negrón-Mendoza, Juli Peretó, Ervin Silva |
| Autore | Cleaves Henderson James |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (216 p.) |
| Disciplina | 570.92 |
| Soggetto topico |
Evolutionary biology
History Astrobiology Biology—Philosophy Evolutionary Biology History of Science Philosophy of Biology |
| Soggetto genere / forma | History |
| ISBN | 1-4939-0736-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Notes -- 2. Foreword by Professor James Strick -- 3. Introduction -- 4. Nociones de Biologia ("Concepts in Biology") -- 5. Plasmogeny -- 6. La Plasmogenia, Una Nueva Ciencia de la Vida ("Plasmogeny, A New Science of Life”). |
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Homo sapiens: die Krone der Schöpfung : Herausforderungen der Evolutionstheorie und die Antwort der Philosophie / / von Martin Rhonheimer
| Homo sapiens: die Krone der Schöpfung : Herausforderungen der Evolutionstheorie und die Antwort der Philosophie / / von Martin Rhonheimer |
| Autore | Rhonheimer Martin |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wiesbaden : , : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : , : Imprint : Springer VS, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (301 p.) |
| Disciplina | 100 |
| Collana | Das Bild vom Menschen und die Ordnung der Gesellschaft |
| Soggetto topico |
Philosophy
Philosophy of nature Biology—Philosophy Philosophy of Man Philosophy of Nature Philosophy of Biology |
| ISBN | 3-658-12075-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | ger |
| Nota di contenuto | Einleitung -- 1. Die moderne Evolutionstheorie: eine Naturgeschichte des Lebens -- 2. Was die heutige Evolutionstheorie nicht zu erklären vermag -- 3. Impliziert die moderne Evolutionstheorie Materialismus und Atheismus? -- 4. Irrwege der Evolutionskritik: Kreationismus und Intelligent Design -- 5. Evolution, Schöpfung und die Frage der „Beweisbarkeit“ Gottes -- 6. Der Mensch: Produkt der Evolution und „Krone der Schöpfung“ -- 7. Anthropozentrik und Menschenwürde: Der Mensch als Ziel der Evolution. |
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| Wiesbaden : , : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : , : Imprint : Springer VS, , 2016 | ||
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The Hypothetical Species : Variables of Human Evolution / / by Michael Charles Tobias, Jane Gray Morrison
| The Hypothetical Species : Variables of Human Evolution / / by Michael Charles Tobias, Jane Gray Morrison |
| Autore | Tobias Michael |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2019.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (327 pages) |
| Disciplina |
573.2
599.938 |
| Soggetto topico |
Evolutionary biology
Nature Environment Environmental sciences - Philosophy Biology - Philosophy Philosophy of nature Ecology Evolutionary Biology Popular Science in Nature and Environment Environmental Philosophy Philosophy of Biology Philosophy of Nature Ecology |
| ISBN | 3-030-11319-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introdution -- Between the Theoretical and the Hypothetical -- Taxonomic Uncertainties -- A Biosphere in Flux -- As Far as the Microscope Reveals -- Human Contradictions -- Varieties of Social Contracts -- Biological Consensus Mechanisms: The Future of Co-Existence. |
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Tobias Michael
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Information and Life / / by Gérard Battail
| Information and Life / / by Gérard Battail |
| Autore | Battail Gérard |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | xiv, 260 p |
| Disciplina | 570 |
| Soggetto topico |
Life sciences
Biology—Philosophy Information theory Biomathematics Life Sciences, general Philosophy of Biology Information and Communication, Circuits Mathematical and Computational Biology |
| ISBN | 94-007-7040-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction -- 2. What is information? 2.1 Information in a usual meaning. 2.2 Features of information as a scientific entity. 2.3 Comments on the definitions of information. 2.4 An information as a nominable entity. 2.5 Short history of communication engineering. 2.6 Communication over space or over time -- 3. Basic principles of communication engineering. 3.1 Physical inscription of a single symbol. 3.2 Physical inscription of a sequence. 3.3 Receiving a binary symbol in the presence of noise. 3.4 Communicating sequences in the presence of noise -- 4. Information theory for literal communication. 4.1 Shannon’s paradigm and its variants. 4.2 Quantitative measures of information. 4.3 Source coding -- 5. Channel capacity and channel coding. 5.1 Channel models. 5.2 Capacity of a channel. 5.3 Channel coding needs redundancy. 5.4 On the fundamental theorem of channel coding. 5.5 Error-correcting codes -- 6. Information as a fundamental entity. 6.1 Algorithmic information theory. 6.2 Emergent information in populations. 6.3 Physical entropy and information. 6.4 Information bridges the abstract and the concrete -- 7. An introduction to the second part. 7.1 Relationship with biosemiotics. 7.2 Content and spirit of the second part -- 8. Heredity as a communication problem. 8.1 The enduring genome. 8.2 Consequences meet biological reality. 8.3 A toy living world. 8.4 Identifying genomic error-correcting codes -- 9. Information is specific to life. 9.1 Information and life are indissolubly linked. 9.2 Semantic feedback loops. 9.3 Information as a fundamental entity. 9.4 Nature as an engineer -- 10. Life within the physical world. 10.1 A poorly understood divide. 10.2 Maxwell’s demon in physics and in life -- 10.3 A measurement as a means for acquiring information -- 11. Conclusion. |
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