Properties of Life
A coherent and comprehensive theory of life that synthesizes the specific properties of living organisms.Despite continued advances, science has until now struggled to describe the specific properties that define a living being. By synthesizing several aspects of organismic biology and contemporary...
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The MIT Press
2024
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| Rochtain ar líne: | ONIX_20241025_9780262375399_80 |
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| author | Rosslenbroich, Bernd |
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| description | A coherent and comprehensive theory of life that synthesizes the specific properties of living organisms.Despite continued advances, science has until now struggled to describe the specific properties that define a living being. By synthesizing several aspects of organismic biology and contemporary science, Properties of Life by Bernd Rosslenbroich generates a coherent concept of the singular quality of being alive—a concept that provides a crucial foundation for scientists, farmers, and medical practitioners and helps explain how we all interact with the world around us and within ourselves. Is an organism an aggregate of parts or an integrated system with agency? Is it a passive stimulus-response machine or a being equipped with subjectivity and consciousness? Rosslenbroich argues that the way people in different fields understand life determines their assumptions about organic function and behavior. In medicine, this extends to the human organism, which influences prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. Drawing attention to a long-standing but underappreciated line of thought in organismic biology, Rosslenbroich's original idea emphasizes the autonomy of living processes, their network characteristics, and their self-determined organization in time and structure. A timely and revelatory book, Properties of Life formulates an integrated, unified theory that remains flexible enough to accommodate future developments and resilient enough to withstand the challenges of different theoretical and disciplinary backgrounds. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1467022024-10-25T13:17:32Z Properties of Life Rosslenbroich, Bernd Organismic biology Organicism Systems biology Agency Reductionism Mechanism Vitalism Holism Autonomy Process Consciousness Network Interaction relationships What is life Process view of Life thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSA Life sciences: general issues::PSAJ Evolution thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RG Geography::RGM Biogeography thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSA Life sciences: general issues::PSAD Bioethics A coherent and comprehensive theory of life that synthesizes the specific properties of living organisms.Despite continued advances, science has until now struggled to describe the specific properties that define a living being. By synthesizing several aspects of organismic biology and contemporary science, Properties of Life by Bernd Rosslenbroich generates a coherent concept of the singular quality of being alive—a concept that provides a crucial foundation for scientists, farmers, and medical practitioners and helps explain how we all interact with the world around us and within ourselves. Is an organism an aggregate of parts or an integrated system with agency? Is it a passive stimulus-response machine or a being equipped with subjectivity and consciousness? Rosslenbroich argues that the way people in different fields understand life determines their assumptions about organic function and behavior. In medicine, this extends to the human organism, which influences prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. Drawing attention to a long-standing but underappreciated line of thought in organismic biology, Rosslenbroich's original idea emphasizes the autonomy of living processes, their network characteristics, and their self-determined organization in time and structure. A timely and revelatory book, Properties of Life formulates an integrated, unified theory that remains flexible enough to accommodate future developments and resilient enough to withstand the challenges of different theoretical and disciplinary backgrounds. 2024-10-25T13:17:31Z 2024-10-25T13:17:31Z 2023 book ONIX_20241025_9780262375399_80 9780262375399 9780262546201 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/146702 eng Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology image/jpeg n/a https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/14739.001.0001 The MIT Press The MIT Press 10.7551/mitpress/14739.001.0001 10.7551/mitpress/14739.001.0001 ae0cf962-f685-4933-93d1-916defa5123d 9780262375399 9780262546201 The MIT Press 326 Cambridge open access |
| spellingShingle | Organismic biology Organicism Systems biology Agency Reductionism Mechanism Vitalism Holism Autonomy Process Consciousness Network Interaction relationships What is life Process view of Life thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSA Life sciences: general issues::PSAJ Evolution thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RG Geography::RGM Biogeography thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSA Life sciences: general issues::PSAD Bioethics Rosslenbroich, Bernd Properties of Life |
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| topic | Organismic biology Organicism Systems biology Agency Reductionism Mechanism Vitalism Holism Autonomy Process Consciousness Network Interaction relationships What is life Process view of Life thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSA Life sciences: general issues::PSAJ Evolution thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RG Geography::RGM Biogeography thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSA Life sciences: general issues::PSAD Bioethics |
| topic_facet | Organismic biology Organicism Systems biology Agency Reductionism Mechanism Vitalism Holism Autonomy Process Consciousness Network Interaction relationships What is life Process view of Life thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSA Life sciences: general issues::PSAJ Evolution thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RG Geography::RGM Biogeography thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSA Life sciences: general issues::PSAD Bioethics |
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