Evolution and Transitions in Complexity : The Science of Hierarchical Organization in Nature - Jagers op Akkerhuis, Gerard A.J.M.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016)
1. General Introduction. Part 1: The Operator Theory and Its Applications -- 2. Introducing the Operator Theory -- 3. Reflections on the Operator Theory -- 4. Darwinian Evolution: Process or Pattern? 5. Reflections on the Graph Representation of Darwinian Evolution -- 6. Generalising Darwinian Evolution by Using Its Smallest-Scale Representation as a Foundation -- 7. Critical Assessment Of Graph-Based Generalized Darwinism -- 8. The Role of Structural Criteria in Transitions Theory: A Focus on Organisms -- 9. In Defence of Gradualism -- 10. The Role of Structural Criteria in Transitions Theory: A Focus on Systems of Interacting Organisms -- 11. Major transitions, Operator Theory, and Human organization -- 12. Learning From Water: Two Complementary Definitions of the Concept of Life -- 13. Adding (Thermo)Dynamic Aspects to Definitions of Life -- 14. A Thermodynamic Account of the Emergence of Organised Matter -- 15. The Road to a Measurable Quantitative Understanding of Self-organization and Evolution -- Part 2:Discussion, Reflections, and Conclusions -- 16. General Discussion -- 17. What Comes Next? The Operator Theory as an Operationalisation of the Teilhardian View on Cosmogenesis -- 18. In Response to the Reflections of the Reviewers -- 19. Contributions to Open Challenges in Systems Theory and the Life Sciences.
Keywords: Evolutionary biology; Systems biology; Biodiversity; Philosophy and science; Evolutionary Biology; Systems Biology; Biodiversity; Philosophy of Science