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Explaining life
Author(s) -
DeplazesZemp Anna,
BillerAndorno Nikola
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.1038/embor.2012.150
Subject(s) - epistemology , artificial life , environmental ethics , sociology , computer science , philosophy , artificial intelligence
There are many different explanations of life inspired by scientific knowledge, philosophical theories or religious beliefs. Synthetic biologists would do well to take these views into account when they work to create artificial organisms and attempt to answer the question: what is life?