Biocommunication of Archaea
Archaea represent a third domain of life with unique properties not found in the other domains. Archaea actively compete for environmental resources. They perceive themselves and can distinguish between ‘self’ and ‘non-self’. They process and evaluate ava
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Biocommunication of Archaea
Biocommunication of Archaea
Guenther Witzany Editor
Biocommunication of Archaea
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Editor Guenther Witzany Telos-Philosophische Praxis Bürmoos, Salzburg Austria
ISBN 978-3-319-65535-2 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-65536-9
ISBN 978-3-319-65536-9
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Foreword
Biocommunication of Archaea is the last book in this exceptional new series on communication as prerequisite for all biotic coordination processes that apply biocommunication theory to all organismic kingdoms or domains of life, respectively. In the first book “Biocommunication and Natural Genome Editing” (2010), the whole theoretical concept was outlined, followed by “Biocommunication in Soil Microorganisms” (2011), “Biocommunication of Plants” (2012 with co-editor Frantisek Baluska), “Biocommunication of Fungi,” and “Viruses: Essential Agents of Life.” In 2014, “Biocommunication of Animals” followed and in 2016 also the investigation on a species of unicellular eukaryotes “Biocommunication of Ciliates” (2016, together with co-editor Mariusz Nowacki). Theory of biocommunication is the first and only theory that integrates all domains of life empiristically in a non-reductionistic and non-mechanistic way. This theory of biocommunication strictly avoids metaphysical narratives (e.g., holism, mechanism, physicalism) and opens a groundbreaking understanding of life. The biocommunicative approach investigates both communication processes within and among cells, tissues, organs and organisms as sign-mediated interactions, and
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