Moreno, Alvaro

Biological Autonomy A Philosophical and Theoretical Enquiry / [electronic resource] : by Alvaro Moreno, Matteo Mossio. - Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2015. - 1 online resource (XXXIV, 221 p. 19 illus.) - History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences, 12 2211-1948 ; .

Introduction: Life as autonomy -- I. Constraints and organisational closure -- II. Biological emergence and inter-levels causation -- III. Teleology, normativity, and functionality -- IV. Agency -- V. Evolution: the historical dimension of autonomy -- VI. Organisms and levels of autonomy -- VII. Cognition -- VIII. Opening conclusions -- Index.

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Philosophy.
Biology--Philosophy.
Systems biology.
Cognitive psychology.