The Third Law of Evolution and the Future of Life: A Systems Approach to Natural Philosophy

Jagers Op Akkerhuis, Gerard A. J. M.

  • 出版商: Springer
  • 出版日期: 2025-01-03
  • 售價: $6,360
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  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 348
  • 裝訂: Hardcover - also called cloth, retail trade, or trade
  • ISBN: 3031732049
  • ISBN-13: 9783031732041
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商品描述

This book offers a step-by-step introduction to an integrated theory of physical and biological evolution, from the early universe to the world we know today. To this end, the well-known laws of variation and selection are supplemented by a third law. This law describes the increase in complexity based on the transitions from quarks to hadrons, to atoms, to molecules, to bacteria, to eukaryotic cells, and so on. These insights revolutionize existing theoretical frameworks for analyzing organization in nature, accelerating developments in natural philosophy. In this way, the author develops a basic framework for thinking about evolution, which can be applied to current debates in various research fields. For example, the new approach finally helps to find the systems-based definitions of organism and life that have been sought for so long. By extrapolating the framework one can even hypothesize about future evolution and our place as humans in it. An exciting read for both philosophers and scientists.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

這本書提供了一個逐步介紹物理與生物演化的綜合理論,從早期宇宙到我們今天所知的世界。為此,著名的變異與選擇法則被補充了一個第三法則。這個法則描述了基於從夸克到強子、到原子、到分子、到細菌、到真核細胞等過渡所帶來的複雜性增加。這些見解徹底改變了現有的理論框架,用於分析自然界中的組織,加速了自然哲學的發展。藉此,作者發展出一個基本框架,用於思考演化,並可應用於各個研究領域的當前辯論。例如,這種新方法最終有助於找到長期以來一直尋求的基於系統的有機體和生命的定義。通過推演這個框架,人們甚至可以對未來的演化及我們作為人類在其中的位置進行假設。這對於哲學家和科學家來說都是一本令人興奮的讀物。

作者簡介

Driven by a lifelong passion for evolution and complexity, and building on the work of authors such as Butler, Teilhard de Chardin, Putnam, Maturana and Valera, and others, Gerard Jagers became interested in the challenges involved in understanding the past, present and future of the universe. During his second Phd (in Philosophy) he developed the 'operator hierarchy', a modern, science-based version of the classical 'Scala Naturae' theorem. This theory provides a methodological basis for a hierarchical and causal categorization of different types of operators, linking the evolution of the abiotic world with that of the biotic world, and suggesting extrapolations beyond the current horizon of evolution into the emerging era of artificial intelligence and intelligent machines. His philosophical approach is relevant for and applicable in various research domains. For instance, this hierarchy offers an innovative solution to the current difficulties in attempting to define the concepts of'organism' and 'life'. Gerard Jagers received his Master's degree in Wageningen (1986, Cum Laude), his first PhD in Ecotoxicology (Wageningen, 1993) and, seventeen years later, his second PhD in Physics, Mathematics and Informatics (Nijmegen, 2010). He has worked as a senior quest scientist in ecotoxicology/modelling in Denmark (1997-1999) and from 2001-2017 as a team leader and senior scientist at Alterra (Wageningen University and Research). He has authored and/or co-authored more than 100 publications. He is the author/editor of four books: 'The operator hierarchy', 'The pursuit of complexity', 'Evolution and transitions in complexity' and 'ScienceBites'.

作者簡介(中文翻譯)

受到對演化與複雜性終身熱情的驅動,並基於巴特勒、泰雅爾·德·夏爾丹、普特南、馬圖拉納和瓦萊拉等作者的研究,Gerard Jagers 開始關注理解宇宙過去、現在和未來所面臨的挑戰。在他的第二個博士學位(哲學)期間,他發展了「運算子階層」,這是一個基於現代科學的古典「自然階梯」定理的版本。這一理論為不同類型運算子的階層和因果分類提供了方法論基礎,將非生物世界的演化與生物世界的演化聯繫起來,並提出超越當前演化視野的推斷,進入人工智慧和智能機器的新興時代。他的哲學方法對於各種研究領域都具有相關性和適用性。例如,這一階層為當前在定義「有機體」和「生命」概念方面的困難提供了一個創新的解決方案。Gerard Jagers 在瓦赫寧根獲得碩士學位(1986年,榮譽),在瓦赫寧根獲得第一個博士學位(生態毒理學,1993年),並在十七年後在奈梅亨獲得第二個博士學位(物理學、數學和資訊學,2010年)。他曾在丹麥擔任生態毒理學/建模的高級研究科學家(1997-1999),並於2001年至2017年擔任瓦赫寧根大學與研究所的Alterra團隊領導和高級科學家。他已發表和/或共同發表超過100篇出版物。他是四本書的作者/編輯:《運算子階層》、《追求複雜性》、《複雜性的演化與轉變》和《ScienceBites》。