Holistic Darwinism: Synergy, Cybernetics, and the Bioeconomics of EvolutionUniversity of Chicago Press, 15 серп. 2010 р. - 504 стор. In recent years, evolutionary theorists have come to recognize that the reductionist, individualist, gene-centered approach to evolution cannot sufficiently account for the emergence of complex biological systems over time. Peter A. Corning has been at the forefront of a new generation of complexity theorists who have been working to reshape the foundations of evolutionary theory. Well known for his Synergism Hypothesis—a theory of complexity in evolution that assigns a key causal role to various forms of functional synergy—Corning puts this theory into a much broader framework in Holistic Darwinism, addressing many of the issues and concepts associated with the evolution of complex systems. Corning's paradigm embraces and integrates many related theoretical developments of recent years, from multilevel selection theory to niche construction theory, gene-culture coevolution theory, and theories of self-organization. Offering new approaches to thermodynamics, information theory, and economic analysis, Corning suggests how all of these domains can be brought firmly within what he characterizes as a post–neo-Darwinian evolutionary synthesis. |
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... means of keeping the game honest and, more important, as a means of restricting the game over time to mutual cooperators. In addition to such suggestive formalizations, there is increasing evi- dence that a policing function does in ...
... means of keeping the game honest and, more important, as a means of restricting the game over time to mutual cooperators. In addition to such suggestive formalizations, there is increasing evi- dence that a policing function does in ...
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... system of laws and appropriate means of enforcement in human societies to resist the dangers of unfettered self-interest. (1976, pp. 86, 88–9, 340–41)—a theme that has gained many adherents of late. Government is, in fact, an 36 Chapter ...
... system of laws and appropriate means of enforcement in human societies to resist the dangers of unfettered self-interest. (1976, pp. 86, 88–9, 340–41)—a theme that has gained many adherents of late. Government is, in fact, an 36 Chapter ...
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... means just that; it's “one for all, and all for one,” to borrow a legendary slogan. Consider this hypothetical example: If one of the two oarsmen in the rowing game (depicted in figure 1) should suffer from thirst and dehydration in the ...
... means just that; it's “one for all, and all for one,” to borrow a legendary slogan. Consider this hypothetical example: If one of the two oarsmen in the rowing game (depicted in figure 1) should suffer from thirst and dehydration in the ...
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... means of defense against pred- ators ; it was a source of warmth that facilitated migration into colder cli- mates ; it might well have served as an insect repellant and as a means for obtaining honey from bee hives ( as a bee ...
... means of defense against pred- ators ; it was a source of warmth that facilitated migration into colder cli- mates ; it might well have served as an insect repellant and as a means for obtaining honey from bee hives ( as a bee ...
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... mean nothing to most of us (except perhaps to old salts of the World War II era, who may remember the PT boats). But adding a vowel—either an “o” or an “a”—to each of these consonant pairs, gives the results shown in table 1. The three ...
... mean nothing to most of us (except perhaps to old salts of the World War II era, who may remember the PT boats). But adding a vowel—either an “o” or an “a”—to each of these consonant pairs, gives the results shown in table 1. The three ...
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Part II Bioeconomics and Evolution | 213 |
Part III From Thermodynamics and Information Theory to Thermoeconomics and Control Information | 311 |
Part IV Evolution and Ethics | 377 |
Acknowledgments | 449 |
Notes | 453 |
References | 473 |
Index | 529 |
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