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Evolution, order, and complexity / edited by Elias L. Khalil and Kenneth E. Boulding.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge frontiers of political economy ; 2.
- Routledge frontiers of political economy ; 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social evolution.
- Evolution (Biology).
- Social sciences--Philosophy.
- Social sciences.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (295 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Evolution, Order and Complexity reflects topical interest in the relationship between the social and natural worlds. It represents the cutting edge of current thinking which challenges the natural/social dichotomy thesis by showing how the application of ideas which derive from biology can be applied and offer insight into the social realm. This is done by introducing the general system theory to the methodological debate on the relation of human and natural sciences.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; Notes on contributors; Preface; Introduction; Social theory and naturalism: An introduction Elias L.Khalil; Interfacing complexity at a boundary between the natural and social sciences Karl H.Pribram; The autonomy of social reality: On the contribution of systems theory to the theory of society Jean-Pierre Dupuy; Ultra-Darwinian explanation and the biology of social systems Niles Eldredge; The complexity of social and mental structures in nonhuman mammals Hubert Hendrichs; On the social nature of autopoietic systems Milan Zeleny
- Organization, function, and creativity in biological and social systems Vilmos CsnyiHuman society as an emerging global superorganism: A biological perspective Gregory B.Stock and John H.Campbell; Neurological and social bases of dominance in human society Henri Laborit; The propensities of evolving systems Robert E.Ulanowicz; Synergetics as a bridge between the natural and social sciences Hermann Haken; The problem of observables in models of biological organizations Howard H.Pattee; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781134775859
- 1134775857
- 9781280333965
- 1280333960
- 9780203284902
- 0203284909
- 9780203013151
- 0203013158
- OCLC:
- 252804040
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