The quest for a universal theory of life: searching for life as we don't know it
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Cambridge ; New York ; Port Melbourne ; New Delhi ; Singapore
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| Beschreibung: | xiii, 245 Seiten Illustrationen |
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| adam_text | Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1 2 page xii 1 The Enduring Legacy of Aristotle: The Battle over Life as Self-Organization or (Genetic-Based) Reproduction 1.1 Overview 1.2 Aristotle on the Nature of Life:Nutrition Versus Reproduction 1.3 Classical Mechanism about Life: From Optimism to Quiet Desperation 1.4 Darwin to the Rescue? 1.5 Here We Go Again: Aristotelian Roots of Contemporary Accounts of the Nature andOrigin(s) of Life 1.5.1 Metabolism-Based Versus Evolution-BasedDefinitions of the Nature of Life 1.5.2 Metabolism-First Versus Genes-FirstTheories of the Origin(s) of Life 1.6 Concluding Thoughts 25 29 Why Life Cannot Be Defined 2.1 Overview 2.2 Popular Definitions of Life 2.2.1 Thermodynamic Definitions 2.2.2 Metabolic Definitions 2.2.3 Evolutionary Definitions 2.2.4 Defining Life as Self-Organized Complexity 2.3 The Problem with Definitions 2.3.1 Logical Character of Definition 2.3.2 Limits of Definition 33 33 36 36 37 40 43 45 45 50 8 8 10 15 18 21 22 ix
x Contents 2.3.3 2.4 3 Diagnosing the Problem: A Defective Theory of Meaning and Reference 53 2.3.4 Why Natural Kinds Cannot Be “Defined” 55 2.3.5 Is life an Exception to the Rule? 59 Concluding Thoughts 61 What Is a Scientific Theory? 3.1 Overview 3.2 The Syntactic Conception of Scientific Theories 3.3 The Semantic Conception of Scientific Theories 3.4 Scientific Theories and Definitions 3.4.1 Scientific Theories Do Not “Define” Natural Kinds 3.4.2 Nonstandard Definitions Do Not “Define” Scientific Theories 3.5 Concluding Thoughts Scientific Theories Develop Overview How Scientifically Fruitful Ontologies Develop:Content Matters The Goldilocks Level of Abstraction The Threat Posed by Premature Commitment toOntologies The Monist (Versus Pluralist) Stance Concluding Thoughts 63 63 65 68 73 74 76 79 4 How 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 82 82 84 88 93 98 102 5 Challenges for a Universal Theory of Life 105 5.1 Overview 105 5.2 The Magnitude of the N = 1 Problem of Biology 107 5.3 Microbes: The Most Representative and Least Well Understood Form of Earth Life 114 5.3.1 Planet of the Microbes 115 5.3.2 A Brief History of Misunderstandings and Surprises 118 5.4 The Problem of Contingencies and the Origin(s) of Life 120 5.4.1 A Plague of Contingencies (on Both the SM World and the RNA World) 123 5.4.2 The Origin Versus Nature Problem 127 5.5 Concluding Thoughts 130 6 Rethinking the Traditional Paradigm for Life: Lessons from the World of Microbes 6.1 Overview 6.2 Evolution Viewed Through the Lens of the Microbial World 6.2.1 The Concept of a Biological Species and the Tree of Life 132 132
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Contents 6.3 6.4 6.2.2 Is Lamarck Hiding in the Shadows? The Living Individual Viewed Through the Lens of the Microbial World 6.3.1 Is the Host-Microbiome Complex (Holobiont) a Living Thing? 6.3.2 Biofilms: Aggregates of Cells or Living Individuals? 6.3.3 Could Rock-Powered Ecosystems Be Living Things? Concluding Thoughts 7 Artificial Life: Could ALife Solve the N =1Problem? 7.1 Overview 7.2 Soft ALife: Digital Organisms? 7.3 Hard ALife: Living Robots? 7.4 Synthetic Biology: Creating Novel Life in the Laboratory? 7.5 Concluding Thoughts 8 Searching for Extraterrestrial Life Without a Definition or Universal Theory of Life 8.1 Overview 8.2 A Case Study: The Viking Missions to Mars 8.3 The Role of Anomalies in Scientific Discovery 8.4 Searching for Anomalies Using Tentative (Versus Defining) Criteria 8.5 Concluding Thoughts 9 A Shadow Biosphere: Alien Microbes onEarth? 9.1 Overview 9.2 How Scientifically Plausible Is a Shadow Biosphere? 9.2.1 Did Life Originate Only Once on Earth? 9.2.2 Could the Present-Day Earth Be Host to a Shadow Biosphere? 9.3 If They Exist, Why Have We Not Found Them? 9.3.1 Limitations to Microscopy 9.3.2 Limitations to Cultivation 9.3.3 Limitations to Metagenomic Methods 9.4 Potentially Biological Anomalies: Have We Already Encountered Them? 9.5 Concluding Thoughts Conclusion References Index xi 138 143 146 149 155 159 161 161 161 164 167 170 172 172 172 176 184 193 195 195 196 197 201 206 206 207 208 211 215 217 220 243
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