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Closure, Function, Emergence, Semiosis, and Life: The Same Idea? Reflections on the Concrete and the Abstract in Theoretical Biology

Year: 2000

Type: article

Abstract: In this note epistemological problems in general theories about living systems are considered; in particular, the question of hidden connections between different areas of experience, such as folk biology and scientific biology, and hidden connections between central concepts of theoretical biology, such as function, semiosis, closure, and life.

Source: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb06278.x

Author: CLAUS EMMECHE

Institution: University of Copenhagen

Language: English

Topic: Philosophy of Biology and Scientific Explanation

Subfield: History and Philosophy of Science

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1964006061

FWCI: 10.19

Cites: 17

Cited by: 25

Related to: 10