SELF-ORGANIZATION AND EMERGENCE IN LIFE SCIENCES
Self-organization constitutes one of the most important theoretical debates in contemporary life sciences. The present book explores the relevance of the concept of self-organization and its impact on such scientific fields as: immunology, neurosciences,
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SELF-ORGANIZATION AND EMERGENCE IN LIFE SCIENCES Edited by Bernard Feltz, Marc Crommelinck and Philippe Goujon
SELF-ORGANIZATION AND EMERGENCE IN LIFE SCIENCES
SYNTHESE LIBRARY STUDIES IN EPISTEMOLOGY, LOGIC, METHODOLOGY, AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
Editors-in-Chief:
VINCENT F. HENDRICKS, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark JOHN SYMONS, University of Texas at El Paso, U.S.A.
Honorary Editor: JAAKKO HINTIKKA, Boston University, U.S.A.
Editors: DIRK VAN DALEN, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands THEO A.F. KUIPERS, University of Groningen, The Netherlands TEDDY SEIDENFELD, Carnegie Mellon University, U.S.A. PATRICK SUPPES, Stanford University, California, U.S.A. JAN WOLEN´SKI, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
VOLUME 331
SELF-ORGANIZATION AND EMERGENCE IN LIFE SCIENCES Edited by
BERNARD FELTZ Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
MARC CROMMELINCK Université Catholique de Louvain, Bruxelles, Belgium and
PHILIPPE GOUJON Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Namur, Belgium
A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress.
ISBN-10 ISBN-13 ISBN-10 ISBN-13
1-4020-3916-6 (HB) 978-1-4020-3916-4 (HB) 1-4020-3917-4 (e-book) 978-1-4020-3917-1 (e-book)
Published by Springer, P.O. Box 17, 3300 AA Dordrecht, The Netherlands. www.springer.com
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All Rights Reserved © 2006 Springer No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed in the Netherlands. First Edition in French: : Feltz, B., Crommelinck, M. and Goujon, Ph. (1999). Auto-organisation et émergence dans les sciences de la vie , OUSIA, Bruxelles.
CONTENTS
List of Contributors
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Introduction Bernard Feltz, Marc Crommelinck and Philippe Goujon
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I. Scientific Approach A. Self-Organization and Biology: General Standpoints The Complex Adaptative Systems Approach to Biology Gérard Weisbuch
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1. From Statistical Physics to Complex System 2. Networks 3. In Search of Generic Properties 4. Memories 5. Conclusions References
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Emergence and Reductionism: from the Game of Life to Science of Life Vincent Bauchau 1. Introduction 2. Reductionism and the Universe 3. From Simple Rules to Complex Dynamics: Cellular Automata 4. Classes of Emergence? 5. Universal Computation in Biological Systems? 6. Can Biology be Reduced to Physics? 7. Levels 8. Conclusions References Formalizing Emergence: the Natural After-Life of Artificial Life Hugues Bersini 1. 2. 3.
Introduction Frustration and Clustering in Hopfield Neural Networks Frustration and Clustering in Immune Idiotypic Networks v
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Conclusions: Free Speculations on the Goodness of
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