The language of living matter : how molecules acquire meaning / Bernd-Olaf Küppers.
2022
P132
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Title
The language of living matter : how molecules acquire meaning / Bernd-Olaf Küppers.
ISBN
9783030803193 (electronic bk.)
3030803198 (electronic bk.)
9783030803186
303080318X
3030803198 (electronic bk.)
9783030803186
303080318X
Published
Cham : Springer, [2022]
Copyright
©2022
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations (chiefly color).
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-030-80319-3 doi
Call Number
P132
Dewey Decimal Classification
401/.59
Summary
This book, by an eminent scientist and philosopher, provides strong evidence for the claim that language is a general principle of Nature, rooted exclusively in physical and chemical laws. The authors radical idea inevitably leads us to view the essence, origin and evolution of life in a completely new light. It shifts the coordinates of our scientific world-view in favor of an overarching concept of language that is able to bridge the gap between matter and mind. At the same time, it removes a blind spot in the Darwinian concept of evolution. To justify this far-reaching idea, the book takes a long and deep look at our scientific and philosophical thinking, at language as such, at sciences claim to truth, and at its methods, unity, limits and perspectives. These are the cornerstones structuring the book into six thematically self-contained chapters, rounded off by an epilogue that introduces the new topic of Natures semantics. The range of issues covered is a testimony to how progress in the life sciences is transforming the whole edifice of science, from physics to biology and beyond. The book is aimed at a broad academic and general readership; it requires no mathematical expertise.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed June 10, 2022).
Series
Frontiers collection. 2197-6619
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Table of Contents
Language: Gateway to the World
Truth: The Regulative Principle of Cognition
Methods: Ways of Gaining Knowledge
Unity: The Deep Structure of Science
Limits: Insights into the Reach of Science
Perspectives: Designing Living Matter
Epilogue: Natures Semantics
Author Index
Subject Index.
Truth: The Regulative Principle of Cognition
Methods: Ways of Gaining Knowledge
Unity: The Deep Structure of Science
Limits: Insights into the Reach of Science
Perspectives: Designing Living Matter
Epilogue: Natures Semantics
Author Index
Subject Index.