Matteo Mossio: Biological Autonomy | Buch

Cover: 9789401798365 | Biological Autonomy | A Philosophical and Theoretical Enquiry | Buch

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Beschreibung

Since 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.

Zusammenfassung

Comprehensive overview of the philosophical and theoretical debate on the idea of biological autonomy, and its relations with cognitive skills

Integrated framework for the theory of biological autonomy, that opens up new perspectives for the understanding of biological phenomena

Enabling a full interaction with existing theories and approaches

Clearly structured overview of the constitutive, interactive and historical dimension of autonomy

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: 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.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2015
Genre:	Philosophie
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Buch
Reihe:	History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences
Inhalt:	xxxiv 221 S. 19 s/w Illustr. 221 p. 19 illus.
ISBN-13:	9789401798365
ISBN-10:	9401798362
Sprache:	Englisch
Herstellernummer:	978-94-017-9836-5
Ausstattung / Beilage:	HC runder Rücken kaschiert
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Mossio, Matteo Moreno, Alvaro
Hersteller:	Springer Netherland Springer Netherlands History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences
Maße:	241 x 160 x 20 mm
Von/Mit:	Matteo Mossio (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	19.05.2015
Gewicht:	0,553 kg

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