PIRSA:05080029

Evolving Laws: Chapter 14 - Biology background by Stuart Kauffman. Biology and physics debate. Biology and social science debate.

APA

Kauffman, S. (2005). Evolving Laws: Chapter 14 - Biology background by Stuart Kauffman. Biology and physics debate. Biology and social science debate.. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/05080029

MLA

Kauffman, Stuart. Evolving Laws: Chapter 14 - Biology background by Stuart Kauffman. Biology and physics debate. Biology and social science debate.. Perimeter Institute, Aug. 16, 2005, https://pirsa.org/05080029

BibTex

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:05080029,
            doi = {10.48660/05080029},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/05080029},
            author = {Kauffman, Stuart},
            keywords = {},
            language = {en},
            title = {Evolving Laws: Chapter 14 - Biology background by Stuart Kauffman. Biology and physics debate. Biology and social science debate.},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2005},
            month = {aug},
            note = {PIRSA:05080029 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }
          

Stuart Kauffman Santa Fe Institute

Talk Type Conference

Abstract

Biology cannot be reduced to physics;
Space of configurations and pre-adaptation;
The problem of predictability;
Biology exists with emergent properties.
Question by Roberto Unger and complementary comments by Lee Smolin;
Debates: Simon Saunders, Roberto Unger, Olaf Dreyer, Robert Brandenberger, Maya Paczuski, Kalypso Nicolaidis.