Emergent evolution : qualitative novelty and the levels of reality
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Emergent evolution : qualitative novelty and the levels of reality
(Episteme / editor, Mario Bunge, v. 19)
Kluwer Academic Publishers, c1992
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注記
Includes bibliographical references and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
Emergent evolution combines three separate but related claims, whose background, origin, and development I trace in this work: firstly, that evolution is a universal process of change, one which is productive of qualitative novelties; secondly, that qualitative novelty is the emergence in a system of a property not possessed by any of its parts; and thirdly, that reality can be analyzed into levels, each consisting of systems characterized by significant emergent properties. In part one I consider the background to emergence in the 19th century discussion of the philosophy of evolution among its leading exponents in England - Charles Darwin, Herbert Spencer, T. H. Huxley, Alfred Russel Wallace, and G. J. Romanes. Unlike the scientific aspect of the debate which aimed to determine the factors and causal mechanism of biological evolution, this aspect of the debate centered on more general problems which form what I call the "philosophical framework for evolutionary theory." This considers the status of continuity and discontinuity in evolution, the role of qualitative and quantitative factors in change, the relation between the organic and the inorganic, the relation between the natural and the supernatural, the mind-body problem, and the scope of evolution, including its extension to ethics and morals.
目次
Introduction. Part One: The Background to Emergent Evolution. 1. Charles Darwin: The Framework for Evolutionary Theory. 2. Herbert Spencer: Philosophy of Evolution. 3. T.H. Huxley: Monism and Epiphenomenalism. 4. Alfred Russel Wallace: Evolution and the Supernatural. 5. G.J. Romanes: Evolution of Mind. Part Two: Lloyd Morgan's Formative Period. 7. Influences on Lloyd Morgan. 8. Lloyd Morgan's Creative Synthesis. 9. Lloyd Morgan's System of Emergent Evolution. Part Three: The Debate over Emergent Evolution. 10. Other Systems of Emergent Evolution. 11. Systems Related to Emergent Evolution. 12. Critical Reaction to Emergent Evolution. 13. Further Discussion of Emergent Evolution. Conclusion. Notes. Bibliography. Index.
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