دانلود کتاب Evolution and Transitions in Complexity: The Science of Hierarchical Organization in Nature

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Front Matter....Pages i-xii
General Introduction....Pages 1-20
Front Matter....Pages 21-21
Introducing the Operator Theory....Pages 23-60
Reflections on the Operator Theory....Pages 61-64
Darwinian Evolution: Process or Pattern?....Pages 65-95
Reflections on the Graph Representation of Darwinian Evolution....Pages 97-101
Generalising Darwinian Evolution by Using Its Smallest-Scale Representation as a Foundation....Pages 103-123
A Critical Assessment of Graph-Based Generalized Darwinism....Pages 125-135
The Role of Structural Criteria in Transitions Theory: A Focus on Organisms....Pages 137-148
In Defense of Gradualism....Pages 149-155
The Role or Structural Criteria in Transition Theory: A Focus on Systems of Interacting Organisms....Pages 157-174
Major Transitions, Operator Theory, and Human Organization....Pages 175-181
Learning from Water: Two Complementary Definitions of the Concept of Life....Pages 183-198
Adding (Thermo)dynamic Aspects to Definitions of Life....Pages 199-202
A Thermodynamic Account of the Emergence of Organised Matter....Pages 203-222
The Road to a Measurable Quantitative Understanding of Self-Organization and Evolution....Pages 223-230
Front Matter....Pages 231-231
General Discussion....Pages 233-252
What Comes Next? The Operator Theory as an Operationalisation of the Teilhardian View on Cosmogenesis....Pages 253-257
In Response to the Reflections of the Reviewers....Pages 259-276
Contributions to Open Challenges in Systems Theory and the Life Sciences....Pages 277-279
Back Matter....Pages 281-295