Biological Autonomy A Philosophical and Theoretical Enquiry - Moreno, Alvaro; Mossio, Matteo (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2015)
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.
Keywords: Philosophy; Biology -- Philosophy; Systems biology; Cognitive psychology