Self-organization and emergence in life sciences

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Springer, Dordrecht

2006

360 Pages

ISBN 978-1-4020-3916-4

Self-organization and emergence in life sciences

Edited by

Bernard Feltz, Marc Crommelinck , Philippe Goujon

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Full citation:

Feltz, B. , Crommelinck, M. , Goujon, P. (eds) (2006). Self-organization and emergence in life sciences, Springer, Dordrecht.

Table of Contents

The complex adaptative systems approach to biology

Weisbuch Gérard

7-28

Emergence and reductionism

Bauchau Vincent

29-40

Formalizing emergence

Bersini Hugues

41-60

Analysis and synthesis of regulator networks in terms of feedback circuits

Thomas René

63-73

Properties emerging from sensorimotor interfaces

Lefévre Philippe; Tu Cheng; Missal Marcus; Crommelinck Marc

75-94

Neuronal synchrony and cognitive functions

Varela Francisco

95-108

About biology and subjectivity in psychiatry

Meire Philippe

109-120

Self-organization and meaning in immunology

Atlan Henri; Cohen Irun

121-139

Kant and the intuitions of self-organization

Van De Vijver Gertrudis

143-161

On a "mathematical neo-aristotelism" in Leibniz

Bouquiaux Laurence

163-169

"essential force" and "formative force"

Duchesneau François

171-186

From logic to self-organization–learning about complexity

Goujon Philippe

187-214

The concept of emergence in the xixth century

Mengal Paul

215-224

Artificial life and the sciences of complexity

Heudin Jean-Claude

227-247

Self-organization in second-order cybernetics

Livet Pierre

249-263

Teleology in self-organizing systems

Brandon Robert N.

267-281

Phenomenology and self-organization

Maesschalck Marc; Kokoszka Valérie

283-297

A role for mathematical models in formalizing self-organizing systems

Thompson Paul

301-313

Explanation and causality in self-organizing systems

Richardson Robert C.

315-340

Self-organization, selection and emergence in the theories of evolution

Feltz Bernard

341-360

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