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" Introduction to biosemiotics : "
edited by Marcello Barbieri.
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BL
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663530
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Introduction to biosemiotics : : the new biological synthesis /\ edited by Marcello Barbieri.
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| Publication Statement
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Dordrecht :: Springer,, 2007.
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1 online resource (xii, 530 pages) :: illustrations, portrait
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9781402048142
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: 1402048149
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: 1402048130
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: 9781402048135
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: 1280902507
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: 9781280902505
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Front Matter; The Evolutionary History of Biosemiotics; Semiosis in Evolution; Has Biosemiotics come of age?*+ and Postscript+; The Necessity of Biosemiotics: Matter-Symbol Complementarity; What is the Scope of Biosemiotics? Information in Living Systems; Semiotic Scaffolding of living systems*; Biosemiotics and Biophysics -- the fundamental approaches to the study of life; Is the Cell a Semiotic System?; Computing Codes versus Interpreting Life; Towards a Darwinian biosemiotics. Life as mutual understanding; From the logic of science to the logic of the living.
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Towards a Standard Terminology for (Bio)semioticsInformation theory and error-correcting codes in genetics and biological evolution; RNA as code makers: A Biosemiotic View of RNAi and Cell Immunity; Cellular Semiotics and Signal Transduction; Inner Representations and Signs in Animals; A Biosemiotic Approach To Epigenetics: Constructivist Aspects of Oocyte-to-embryo Transition; Language and Interspecific Communication Experiments: A Case to Re.
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| Abstract
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Combining research approaches from biology, philosophy and linguistics, the field of Biosemiotics proposes that animals, plants and single cells all engage in semiosis - the conversion of objective signals into conventional signs. This has important implications and applications for issues ranging from natural selection to animal behavior and human psychology, leaving biosemiotics at the cutting edge of the research on the fundamentals of life. Drawing on an international expertise, the book details the history and study of biosemiotics, and provides a state-of-the-art summary of the current work in this new field. And, with relevance to a wide range of disciplines - from linguistics and semiotics to evolutionary phenomena and the philosophy of biology - the book provides an important text for both students and established researchers, while marking a vital step in the evolution of a new biological paradigm.
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Biology-- Semiotics.
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QH331.I586 2007eb
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Barbieri, Marcello.
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