| Description |
viii, 320 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Boston studies in the philosophy of science ; v. 130 |
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Boston studies in the philosophy of science ; v. 130.
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| Note |
"The material comes from an international meeting held in September 13-16, 1987 at Stanford University"--Pref. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Understanding origins : an introduction / Jean-Pierre Dupuy and Francisco J. Varela -- Origins : a view from the literature / René Girard -- Violence : the origin of social order. Supplement to apocalypse : Girard and Derrida / Andrew J. McKenna -- A morphogenetic hypothesis on the closure of post-structuralism / Paul Dumouchel -- Girard and the origin of culture / Paisley Livingston -- The origin of money : symbols and texts. The origin of money / André Orléan -- |
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Primitive money, modern money / Jean-Joseph Goux -- Evolution and the diversity of life. Origins of order in evolution : self-organization and selection / Stuart A. Kauffman -- Optimization in question / John Dupré -- Incorporating origins into evolutionary theory / Daniel R. Brooks -- The evolution of generic forms / Brian C. Goodwin -- Is phylogeny recapitulating ontogeny? / Susan Oyama -- Perception and the origin of cognition. Whence perceptual meaning? A |
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cartography of current ideas / Francisco J. Varela. |
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(cont.) Perception, connectionism, and cognitive science / Christine A. Skarda -- The original and the copy / Umberto Eco. |
| Subject |
Life -- Origin -- Congresses.
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Social structure -- Origin -- Congresses.
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Cognition -- Origin -- Congresses.
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Money -- Origin -- Congresses.
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| Indexed Term |
Life Origins |
| Added Author |
Varela, Francisco J., 1946-2001
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Dupuy, Jean-Pierre, 1941-
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| ISBN |
0792312511 alkaline paper |
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