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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... term to many of us—has been a wellspring of creativity in the natural world and has played a key role in the evolution of cooperation and complexity at all levels of living systems. This theory asserts that synergy is more than a class ...
... term to many of us—has been a wellspring of creativity in the natural world and has played a key role in the evolution of cooperation and complexity at all levels of living systems. This theory asserts that synergy is more than a class ...
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... term superorganism itself was coined by the nine- teenth century polymath Herbert Spencer, who focused especially on the division of labor and the problem of functional integration in complex sys- tems. The history of this concept is ...
... term superorganism itself was coined by the nine- teenth century polymath Herbert Spencer, who focused especially on the division of labor and the problem of functional integration in complex sys- tems. The history of this concept is ...
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... term thermoeco- nomics refers to the use of economic criteria to understand the role of energy in evolution, and control information describes a new, cybernetic (func- tional) kind of information that is measured in terms of the energy ...
... term thermoeco- nomics refers to the use of economic criteria to understand the role of energy in evolution, and control information describes a new, cybernetic (func- tional) kind of information that is measured in terms of the energy ...
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... term was coined as a way of highlighting the paradox that selfish genes are , without exception , selected in the context of their functional consequences ( if any ) for various wholes . Holistic Darwinism is strictly Darwinian in its ...
... term was coined as a way of highlighting the paradox that selfish genes are , without exception , selected in the context of their functional consequences ( if any ) for various wholes . Holistic Darwinism is strictly Darwinian in its ...
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... , as an evolutionary phenomenon is the concept of “downward causation.” The term was actually coined by psychobiologist Roger Sperry (1969, 1991) in connection with the functional organization and operation 32 Chapter Two.
... , as an evolutionary phenomenon is the concept of “downward causation.” The term was actually coined by psychobiologist Roger Sperry (1969, 1991) in connection with the functional organization and operation 32 Chapter Two.
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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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