Ebook: Introduction to Biosemiotics: The New Biological Synthesis
- Tags: Evolutionary Biology, Philosophy of Biology, Interdisciplinary Studies, Semantics, Coding and Information Theory
- Year: 2007
- Publisher: Springer Netherlands
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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This book is addressed to students, researchers and academics who have barely heard of the emerging young science of Biosemiotics, and who want to know more about it. Written by many of the field’s major contributors, it provides a highly qualified introduction to Biosemiotics and illustrates the most recent views in its background and development.
Combining research approaches from biology, philosophy and linguistics, the field of Biosemiotics proposes that animals, plants and single cells all engage in semiosis – the conversion of objective signals into conventional signs. This has important implications and applications for issues ranging from natural selection to animal behavior and human psychology, leaving biosemiotics at the cutting edge of the research on the fundamentals of life.
Drawing on an international expertise, the book details the history and study of biosemiotics, and provides a state-of-the-art summary of the current work in this new field. And, with relevance to a wide range of disciplines – from linguistics and semiotics to evolutionary phenomena and the philosophy of biology – the book provides an important text for both students and established researchers, while marking a vital step in the evolution of a new biological paradigm.
Marcello Barbieri is University Professor of Embryology at the University of Ferrara, Italy, President of the Italian Association for Theoretical Biology and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Biosemiotics.
This book is addressed to students, researchers and academics who have barely heard of the emerging young science of Biosemiotics, and who want to know more about it. Written by many of the field’s major contributors, it provides a highly qualified introduction to Biosemiotics and illustrates the most recent views in its background and development.
Combining research approaches from biology, philosophy and linguistics, the field of Biosemiotics proposes that animals, plants and single cells all engage in semiosis – the conversion of objective signals into conventional signs. This has important implications and applications for issues ranging from natural selection to animal behavior and human psychology, leaving biosemiotics at the cutting edge of the research on the fundamentals of life.
Drawing on an international expertise, the book details the history and study of biosemiotics, and provides a state-of-the-art summary of the current work in this new field. And, with relevance to a wide range of disciplines – from linguistics and semiotics to evolutionary phenomena and the philosophy of biology – the book provides an important text for both students and established researchers, while marking a vital step in the evolution of a new biological paradigm.
Marcello Barbieri is University Professor of Embryology at the University of Ferrara, Italy, President of the Italian Association for Theoretical Biology and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Biosemiotics.
This book is addressed to students, researchers and academics who have barely heard of the emerging young science of Biosemiotics, and who want to know more about it. Written by many of the field’s major contributors, it provides a highly qualified introduction to Biosemiotics and illustrates the most recent views in its background and development.
Combining research approaches from biology, philosophy and linguistics, the field of Biosemiotics proposes that animals, plants and single cells all engage in semiosis – the conversion of objective signals into conventional signs. This has important implications and applications for issues ranging from natural selection to animal behavior and human psychology, leaving biosemiotics at the cutting edge of the research on the fundamentals of life.
Drawing on an international expertise, the book details the history and study of biosemiotics, and provides a state-of-the-art summary of the current work in this new field. And, with relevance to a wide range of disciplines – from linguistics and semiotics to evolutionary phenomena and the philosophy of biology – the book provides an important text for both students and established researchers, while marking a vital step in the evolution of a new biological paradigm.
Marcello Barbieri is University Professor of Embryology at the University of Ferrara, Italy, President of the Italian Association for Theoretical Biology and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Biosemiotics.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XII
The Evolutionary History of Biosemiotics....Pages 1-68
Semiosis In Evolution....Pages 69-100
Has Biosemiotics Come Of Age? And Postscript....Pages 101-114
The Necessity Of Biosemiotics: Matter-Symbol Complementarity....Pages 115-132
What Is The Scope Of Biosemiotics? Information In Living Systems....Pages 133-148
Semiotic Scaffolding Of Living Systems....Pages 149-166
Biosemiotics and Biophysics — The Fundamental Approaches to the Study of Life....Pages 167-178
Is The Cell A Semiotic System?....Pages 179-208
Computing Codes Versus Interpreting Life....Pages 209-234
Towards a Darwinian Biosemiotics.Life as Mutual Understanding....Pages 235-255
From the Logic of Science to the Logic of the Living....Pages 257-282
Towards a Standard Terminology for (Bio)Semiotics....Pages 283-298
Information Theory and Error-Correcting Codes In Genetics and Biological Evolution....Pages 299-345
RNA As Code Makers: A Biosemiotic View Of RNAi And Cell Immunity....Pages 347-364
Cellular Semiotics And Signal Transduction....Pages 365-408
Inner Representations and Signs in Animals....Pages 409-456
A Biosemiotic Approach To Epigenetics: Constructivist Aspects....Pages 457-472
Language And Interspecific Communication Experiments: A Case To Re-Open?....Pages 473-518
Back Matter....Pages 519-530
This book is addressed to students, researchers and academics who have barely heard of the emerging young science of Biosemiotics, and who want to know more about it. Written by many of the field’s major contributors, it provides a highly qualified introduction to Biosemiotics and illustrates the most recent views in its background and development.
Combining research approaches from biology, philosophy and linguistics, the field of Biosemiotics proposes that animals, plants and single cells all engage in semiosis – the conversion of objective signals into conventional signs. This has important implications and applications for issues ranging from natural selection to animal behavior and human psychology, leaving biosemiotics at the cutting edge of the research on the fundamentals of life.
Drawing on an international expertise, the book details the history and study of biosemiotics, and provides a state-of-the-art summary of the current work in this new field. And, with relevance to a wide range of disciplines – from linguistics and semiotics to evolutionary phenomena and the philosophy of biology – the book provides an important text for both students and established researchers, while marking a vital step in the evolution of a new biological paradigm.
Marcello Barbieri is University Professor of Embryology at the University of Ferrara, Italy, President of the Italian Association for Theoretical Biology and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Biosemiotics.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XII
The Evolutionary History of Biosemiotics....Pages 1-68
Semiosis In Evolution....Pages 69-100
Has Biosemiotics Come Of Age? And Postscript....Pages 101-114
The Necessity Of Biosemiotics: Matter-Symbol Complementarity....Pages 115-132
What Is The Scope Of Biosemiotics? Information In Living Systems....Pages 133-148
Semiotic Scaffolding Of Living Systems....Pages 149-166
Biosemiotics and Biophysics — The Fundamental Approaches to the Study of Life....Pages 167-178
Is The Cell A Semiotic System?....Pages 179-208
Computing Codes Versus Interpreting Life....Pages 209-234
Towards a Darwinian Biosemiotics.Life as Mutual Understanding....Pages 235-255
From the Logic of Science to the Logic of the Living....Pages 257-282
Towards a Standard Terminology for (Bio)Semiotics....Pages 283-298
Information Theory and Error-Correcting Codes In Genetics and Biological Evolution....Pages 299-345
RNA As Code Makers: A Biosemiotic View Of RNAi And Cell Immunity....Pages 347-364
Cellular Semiotics And Signal Transduction....Pages 365-408
Inner Representations and Signs in Animals....Pages 409-456
A Biosemiotic Approach To Epigenetics: Constructivist Aspects....Pages 457-472
Language And Interspecific Communication Experiments: A Case To Re-Open?....Pages 473-518
Back Matter....Pages 519-530
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