Transformative creativity in life: an epigenetic perspective based on biological autonomy
Synthese,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
205(1)
Published: Jan. 9, 2025
Language: Английский
Biological Organization
Published: Dec. 4, 2024
Living
systems
are
complex
made
of
components
that
tend
to
degrade,
but
nonetheless
they
maintain
themselves
far
from
equilibrium.
This
requires
living
extract
energy
and
materials
the
environment
use
them
build
repair
their
parts
by
regulating
activities
based
on
internal
external
conditions
in
ways
allow
keep
living.
The
philosophical
theoretical
approach
discussed
this
Element
aims
explain
these
features
biological
appealing
organization.
It
addresses
classical
more
recent
issues
philosophy
biology,
fromorigins
definitions
life
teleology
functions,
an
original
perspective
mainly
focused
system,
its
physiology
behavior,
rather
than
evolution.
discusses
revises
conceptual
foundations
presents
updated
version
it.
title
is
also
available
as
Open
Access
Cambridge
Core.
Language: Английский
Organisational teleology 2.0: Grounding biological purposiveness in regulatory control
Ratio,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
37(4), P. 327 - 340
Published: May 24, 2024
Abstract
This
paper
critically
revises
the
organisational
account
of
teleology,
which
argues
that
living
systems
are
first
and
foremost
oriented
towards
a
goal:
maintaining
their
own
conditions
existence.
It
points
out
some
limitations
this
account,
mainly
in
capability
to
for
richness
complexity
biological
purposeful
behaviours.
identifies
reason
these
theoretical
grounding
specifically
too
narrow
notion
closure
constraints,
focused
on
self‐production.
proposes
ground
an
teleology
system
not
just
produce
replace
parts,
but
control
internal
dynamics
behaviours
such
way
as
maintain
themselves.
framework
has
two
advantages.
better
captures
distinctive
features
organisations
consequently
active
nature
By
doing
so,
it
makes
possible
apply
beyond
minimal
models
real
cases.
Language: Английский
Phylogenetically distant animals sleep: why do sleep researchers care?
Biology & Philosophy,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
39(1)
Published: Dec. 29, 2023
Abstract
Philosophers
examining
mechanistic
explanations
in
biology
have
identified
heuristic
strategies
scientists
use
discovering
mechanisms.
This
paper
examines
the
strategy
of
investigating
phylogenetically
distant
model
organisms,
using
research
on
sleep
fruit
flies
as
an
example.
At
time
was
discovered
2000
next
to
nothing
known
about
mechanisms
regulating
and
what
they
could
reveal
those
us.
One
relatively
straightforward
line
focused
homologous
genes
humans,
understand
roles
their
homologs
played
controlling
But
other
a
higher
level
organization—the
neural
networks
involved
homeostatic
circadian
control
sleep.
raises
puzzle—given
that
fly
vertebrate
brains
are
organized
very
differently,
how
regulation
serve
informative
sleep?
I
argue
basic
design
such
can
be
conserved
even
composition
mechanism
changes
researchers
hope
designs
deciphered
models
for
understanding
humans.
Language: Английский