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Closure in the Emergence and Evolution of Life: Multiple Discourses or One?
Author(s) -
WEBER BRUCE H.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb06272.x
Subject(s) - closure (psychology) , epistemology , sociology , positive economics , philosophy , economics , political science , law
A bstract : Evolutionary theory formulated in terms of complex systems dynamics shows interesting convergences with the approaches of developmental systems theory and biosemiotics, especially when applied to the problem of the origin of life. Although starting from difference conceptual assumptions, all three approaches agree on the importance of closure in the form of semi‐permeable chemical and informational boundaries and a more circumscribed role for DNA.