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Interdependence - Biology and Beyond (Hardcover)
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Interdependence - Biology and Beyond (Hardcover)
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From biology to economics to information theory, the theme of
interdependence is in the air, framing our experiences of all sorts
of everyday phenomena. Indeed, the network may be the ascendant
metaphor of our time. Yet precisely because the language of
interdependence has become so commonplace as to be almost banal, we
miss some of its most surprising and far-reaching implications. In
Interdependence, biologist Kriti Sharma offers a compelling
alternative to the popular view that interdependence simply means
independent things interacting. Sharma systematically shows how
interdependence entails the mutual constitution of one thing by
another—how all things come into being only in a system of
dependence on others. In a step-by-step account filled with vivid
examples, Sharma shows how a coherent view of interdependence can
help make sense not only of a range of everyday experiences but
also of the most basic functions of living cells. With particular
attention to the fundamental biological problem of how cells pick
up signals from their surroundings, Sharma shows that only an
account which replaces the perspective of “individual cells
interacting with external environments” with one centered in
interdependent, recursive systems can adequately account for how
life works. This book will be of interest to biologists and
philosophers, to theorists of science, of systems, and of
cybernetics, and to anyone curious about how life works. Clear,
concise, and insightful, Interdependence: Biology and Beyond
explicitly offers a coherent and practical philosophy of
interdependence and will help shape what interdependence comes to
mean in the twenty-first century.
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