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Holistic Darwinism [Elektronische Ressource] : Synergy, Cybernetics, and the Bioeconomics of Evolution

Corning, Peter A.,i1935-

Chicago, IL : University of Chicago Press, 2010

555 p.

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978-0-226-11616-7

 

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978-0-226-11633-4

In recent years, evolutionary theorists have come to recognize that the reductionist, individualist, gene-centered approach to evolution cannot sufficiently account for the emergence of complex biological systems over time. Peter A. Corning has been at the forefront of a new generation of complexity theorists who have been working to reshape the foundations of evolutionary theory. Well known for his Synergism Hypothesis-a theory of complexity in evolution that assigns a key causal role to various forms of functional synergy-Corning puts this theory into a much broader framework in Holi...