Life as its own designer Darwin's Origin and Western thought /

Focuses on the life of living beings, treating them as co-creators of their world in the process of evolution. This book draws on insights gleaned from the global activity of the Gaian biosphere, considers likeness as demonstrated on homology studies, and probes the problem of evo-devo science from...

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Other Authors: Markoš, Anton, 1949-, SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer, ©2009.
Dordrecht : [2009]
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 214 pages) : illustrations.
Series: Biosemiotics ; v. 4.
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Summary: Focuses on the life of living beings, treating them as co-creators of their world in the process of evolution. This book draws on insights gleaned from the global activity of the Gaian biosphere, considers likeness as demonstrated on homology studies, and probes the problem of evo-devo science from the angle of life itself.
Item Description: Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-207) and index.
Focuses on the life of living beings, treating them as co-creators of their world in the process of evolution. This book draws on insights gleaned from the global activity of the Gaian biosphere, considers likeness as demonstrated on homology studies, and probes the problem of evo-devo science from the angle of life itself.
Hermeneutic Nature of the World -- Roots of Rationality and Hermeneutics -- Co-creators of the World -- Novelty Wherefrom? -- Aut Moses aut Darwin. Creation Versus Evolution -- The Region Life -- The Living Planet -- What is the Source of Likeness? -- Creation and Its Vestiges.
English.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 214 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-207) and index.
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