Evolution and Transitions in Complexity : The Science of Hierarchical Organization in Nature /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2016.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2016. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.