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Physical and Biological Emergence: Are They Different?

In: Systemics of Emergence: Research and Development

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  • Eliano Pessa

    (Università di Pavia)

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In this paper we compare the features of models of emergence introduced within theoretical physics, mainly to account for phenomenology of second-order phase transitions, with the requirements coming from observations of biological self-organization. We argue that, notwithstanding the deep differences between biological and non-biological systems, the methods of theoretical physics could, in principle, account even for the main features of biological emergence.

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  • Eliano Pessa, 2006. "Physical and Biological Emergence: Are They Different?," Springer Books, in: Gianfranco Minati & Eliano Pessa & Mario Abram (ed.), Systemics of Emergence: Research and Development, pages 355-374, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-0-387-28898-7_25
    DOI: 10.1007/0-387-28898-8_25
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