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"This volume pays homage to Alfred North Whitehead's (1861-1947) profound lecture and essay entitled "Nature Alive," which was one of his most mature expressions of his process-relational metaphysics - a holistic conceptual framework that renders vivid the dynamic character of th...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "This volume pays homage to Alfred North Whitehead's (1861-1947) profound lecture and essay entitled "Nature Alive," which was one of his most mature expressions of his process-relational metaphysics - a holistic conceptual framework that renders vivid the dynamic character of the natural world and the intrinsic purposiveness, selective agency, and creativity of living organisms. Inspired by, but not beholden to, Whitehead's process metaphysical "lens," the contributors to this volume bring a multiplicity of philosophical orientations to the table in challenging the mechanistic and reductionistic neo-Darwinian paradigm that is still dominant today in the life sciences. Mechanistic neo-Darwinism views nature and living organisms as "machines," namely, as networks of externally related and linear causal "switches," "dials," "levers," "pulleys," and "gears," that are "at the ready" for technological and biotechnological manipulation. Seeking a conceptual framework and a language that are more adequate to the study of the natural world and of living creatures than the mechanistic orientation, the contributors to this volume explore several of the "New Frontiers of Biology," which are areas of biology whose findings to some extent go beyond the explanatory confines of the Modern Synthesis of natural selection and genetics. Most notably, emergence theory, the theory of organic selection, epigenetics, homeostasis, chronobiology, and autopoiesis research can provide us with key insights that can assist us in explaining how living agents emerged, including the evolutionary origins of mentality, consciousness, and mind. Moreover, attention to the "New Frontiers of Biology" can serve to "re-enchant" our understanding of the natural world and to prevent ecological devastation, through a restoration to objectivity of notions such as "intrinsic purposiveness," "selective agency," "creativity," and "intrinsic value."-- |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 302 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| spelling | Nature alive : essays on the emergence and evolution of living agents / edited by Adam C. Scarfe. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018. 1 online resource (xxiii, 302 pages) : illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. "This volume pays homage to Alfred North Whitehead's (1861-1947) profound lecture and essay entitled "Nature Alive," which was one of his most mature expressions of his process-relational metaphysics - a holistic conceptual framework that renders vivid the dynamic character of the natural world and the intrinsic purposiveness, selective agency, and creativity of living organisms. Inspired by, but not beholden to, Whitehead's process metaphysical "lens," the contributors to this volume bring a multiplicity of philosophical orientations to the table in challenging the mechanistic and reductionistic neo-Darwinian paradigm that is still dominant today in the life sciences. Mechanistic neo-Darwinism views nature and living organisms as "machines," namely, as networks of externally related and linear causal "switches," "dials," "levers," "pulleys," and "gears," that are "at the ready" for technological and biotechnological manipulation. Seeking a conceptual framework and a language that are more adequate to the study of the natural world and of living creatures than the mechanistic orientation, the contributors to this volume explore several of the "New Frontiers of Biology," which are areas of biology whose findings to some extent go beyond the explanatory confines of the Modern Synthesis of natural selection and genetics. Most notably, emergence theory, the theory of organic selection, epigenetics, homeostasis, chronobiology, and autopoiesis research can provide us with key insights that can assist us in explaining how living agents emerged, including the evolutionary origins of mentality, consciousness, and mind. Moreover, attention to the "New Frontiers of Biology" can serve to "re-enchant" our understanding of the natural world and to prevent ecological devastation, through a restoration to objectivity of notions such as "intrinsic purposiveness," "selective agency," "creativity," and "intrinsic value."-- Back cover Nature alive : the emergence and evolution of living agents / Lukasz Lamza and Adam C. Scarfe -- Is environmental philosophy compatible with mechanistic neo-Darwinism? : organismic agency, intrinsic purposiveness, and the "new frontiers" of biology / Adam C. Scarfe -- Cells, organisms, colonies, communities : the fuzziness of individuality in modern biology / Lukasz Lamza -- The emergence of animal mind : shrinking the explanatory gap / Lawrence Cahoone -- Possibility, spontaneity, and the general order of nature : Toward a general theory of emergence / Philip Rose -- The physiological basis of organismic creativity / Gernot G. Falkner and Renate Falkner -- Organismic intricacy : time, possibility, and nonrandom heritable novelty / Neil Dunaetz -- Beyond mechanism, toward re-enchantment / Philip Tryon. Print version record. Life Origin. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85076809 Evolution (Biology) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90004042 Mechanism (Philosophy) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85082774 Naturalism. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85090269 Reductionism. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85112145 Vie Origines. Mécanisme (Philosophie) Naturalisme. Réductionnisme. naturalism (philosophical movement) aat Philosophy of science. bicssc Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology. bicssc Ethics & moral philosophy. bicssc SCIENCE Life Sciences Evolution. bisacsh Evolution (Biology) fast Life Origin fast Mechanism (Philosophy) fast Naturalism fast Reductionism fast Scarfe, Adam Christian, 1972- editor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjGgFfyYXvWhcpPW9M79rC http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2009160134 has work: Nature alive (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGVm9cbYwPVxQDDQ4K8JwC https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Nature alive. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018 152750610X (OCoLC)1019745548 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1794018 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Nature alive : essays on the emergence and evolution of living agents / Nature alive : the emergence and evolution of living agents / Is environmental philosophy compatible with mechanistic neo-Darwinism? : organismic agency, intrinsic purposiveness, and the "new frontiers" of biology / Cells, organisms, colonies, communities : the fuzziness of individuality in modern biology / The emergence of animal mind : shrinking the explanatory gap / Possibility, spontaneity, and the general order of nature : Toward a general theory of emergence / The physiological basis of organismic creativity / Organismic intricacy : time, possibility, and nonrandom heritable novelty / Beyond mechanism, toward re-enchantment / Life Origin. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85076809 Evolution (Biology) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90004042 Mechanism (Philosophy) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85082774 Naturalism. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85090269 Reductionism. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85112145 Vie Origines. Mécanisme (Philosophie) Naturalisme. Réductionnisme. naturalism (philosophical movement) aat Philosophy of science. bicssc Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology. bicssc Ethics & moral philosophy. bicssc SCIENCE Life Sciences Evolution. bisacsh Evolution (Biology) fast Life Origin fast Mechanism (Philosophy) fast Naturalism fast Reductionism fast |
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| title | Nature alive : essays on the emergence and evolution of living agents / |
| title_alt | Nature alive : the emergence and evolution of living agents / Is environmental philosophy compatible with mechanistic neo-Darwinism? : organismic agency, intrinsic purposiveness, and the "new frontiers" of biology / Cells, organisms, colonies, communities : the fuzziness of individuality in modern biology / The emergence of animal mind : shrinking the explanatory gap / Possibility, spontaneity, and the general order of nature : Toward a general theory of emergence / The physiological basis of organismic creativity / Organismic intricacy : time, possibility, and nonrandom heritable novelty / Beyond mechanism, toward re-enchantment / |
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| title_full | Nature alive : essays on the emergence and evolution of living agents / edited by Adam C. Scarfe. |
| title_fullStr | Nature alive : essays on the emergence and evolution of living agents / edited by Adam C. Scarfe. |
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| topic | Life Origin. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85076809 Evolution (Biology) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90004042 Mechanism (Philosophy) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85082774 Naturalism. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85090269 Reductionism. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85112145 Vie Origines. Mécanisme (Philosophie) Naturalisme. Réductionnisme. naturalism (philosophical movement) aat Philosophy of science. bicssc Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology. bicssc Ethics & moral philosophy. bicssc SCIENCE Life Sciences Evolution. bisacsh Evolution (Biology) fast Life Origin fast Mechanism (Philosophy) fast Naturalism fast Reductionism fast |
| topic_facet | Life Origin. Evolution (Biology) Mechanism (Philosophy) Naturalism. Reductionism. Vie Origines. Mécanisme (Philosophie) Naturalisme. Réductionnisme. naturalism (philosophical movement) Philosophy of science. Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology. Ethics & moral philosophy. SCIENCE Life Sciences Evolution. Life Origin Naturalism Reductionism |
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