LAWS, LANGUAGE and LIFE - Howard Pattee's classic papers on the physics of symbols with contemporary commentary (Hardcover, 2013 ed.)

Howard Pattee is a physicist who for many years has taken his own path in studying the physics of symbols, which is now a foundation for biosemiotics. By extending von Neumann's logical requirements for self-replication, to the physical requirements of symbolic instruction at the molecular level, he concludes that a form of quantum measurement is necessary for life. He explains why all non-dynamic symbolic and informational controls act as special (allosteric) constraints on dynamical systems. Pattee also points out that symbols do not exist in isolation but in coordinated symbol systems we call languages. Such insights turn out to be necessary to situate biosemiotics as an objective scientific endeavor. By proposing a way to relate quiescent symbolic constraints to dynamics, Pattee's work builds a bridge between physical, biological, and psychological models that are based on dynamical systems theory. Pattee's work awakes new interest in cognitive scientists, where his recognition of the necessary separation-the epistemic cut-between the subject and object provides a basis for a complementary third way of relating the purely symbolic, computational models of cognition and the purely dynamic, non-representational models. This selection of Pattee's papers also addresses several other fields, including hierarchy theory, artificial life, self-organization, complexity theory, and the complementary epistemologies of the physical and biological sciences.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Biosemiotics, 7
Release date:	December 2012
First published:	2012
Authors:	Howard Hunt Pattee • Joanna Raczaszek-Leonardi
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	336
Edition:	2013 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-9400751606
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	English
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Philosophy of language Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Molecular biology Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge Promotions
LSN:	9400751605
Barcode:	9789400751606

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