Pathways to the Origin and Evolution of Meanings in the Universe
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Pathways to the Origin and Evolution of Meanings in the Universe
Mikhailovsky, George E.; Sharov, Alexei A.
John Wiley & Sons Inc
03/2024
512
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Inglês
9781119865094
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Preface xv
Acknowledgments xix
Part I: The Nature of Meaning and Its Components 1
1 Introduction: Towards Integrating Studies of Meanings with Science 3
Alexei A. Sharov
2 Pathways to the Understanding of Signs and Meanings in the Biosphere: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives 27
Donald Favareau and Kalevi Kull
3 Is it a Janus-Faced World After All? Physics is Not Reductionist 55
Bashir Ahmad and Richard Gordon
4 Semiotic Ground and the Hierarchic Nature of Information 71
Terrence W. Deacon
5 Ontology and Semiotics of Memory 85
Anton V. Sukhoverkhov and Arran E. Gare
6 Meanings, Their Hierarchy, and Evolution 101
George E. Mikhailovsky
7 Semiotics of Potential Meanings 137
Alexei A. Sharov
8 A Constructivist Approach to Meanings in the Universe 167
Alexander Kravchenko
Part II: Meanings in the Evolution of Life 187
9 Chemical Origins of Life, Agency, and Meaning 189
Alexei A. Sharov
10 Evolution of Biomolecular Communication 217
Gustavo Caetano-Anolles
11 Meaning Relies on Codes but Depends on Agents 245
Robert Prinz
12 Evolutionary Growth of Meanings in the Relational Universe of Intercommunicating Agents 265
Abir U. Igamberdiev
Part III: Meanings in Organism Behavior and Cognition 279
13 The Sentient Cell 281
Arthur S. Reber, Frantisek Baluska and William B. Miller, Jr.
14 A Hypothesis about How Bacterial Cells Sustain and Change Their Lives in Response to Various Signals 299
Vic Norris and Alexei A. Sharov
15 Self-Reinforcing Cycles and Mistakes: The Emergence of Subjective Meaning 325
Victoria N. Alexander
16 On the Energy-Based Limitations of the Information Capacity and Information Processing Rates in the Human Brain 345
Jack A. Tuszynski
17 The Peculiar Case of Danger Modeling: Meaning-Generation in Three Dimensions 363
Hongbing Yu
Part IV: Meanings in Humans and Beyond 377
18 Anchors of Meaning: The Intertwining of Signs, Abduction, and Cognitive Niches 379
Lorenzo Magnani
19 Levels of Translation, Levels of Freedom? 401
Kobus Marais
20 Towards a Biosemiotic Account of Memes as Units of Cultural Replication and Interpretation 419
Ivan Fomin
21 Astrobiosemiotics and Its Frontier with Astrobiology 439
Julian Chela-Flores
22 Time Horizons and Biosemiotic Adaptation: Taking Seriously Variable Temporalities in the Evolution of Possible Life Forms 453
Yogi H. Hendlin and Constantijn-Alexander Kusters
Declaration 467
References 467
Index 471
Acknowledgments xix
Part I: The Nature of Meaning and Its Components 1
1 Introduction: Towards Integrating Studies of Meanings with Science 3
Alexei A. Sharov
2 Pathways to the Understanding of Signs and Meanings in the Biosphere: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives 27
Donald Favareau and Kalevi Kull
3 Is it a Janus-Faced World After All? Physics is Not Reductionist 55
Bashir Ahmad and Richard Gordon
4 Semiotic Ground and the Hierarchic Nature of Information 71
Terrence W. Deacon
5 Ontology and Semiotics of Memory 85
Anton V. Sukhoverkhov and Arran E. Gare
6 Meanings, Their Hierarchy, and Evolution 101
George E. Mikhailovsky
7 Semiotics of Potential Meanings 137
Alexei A. Sharov
8 A Constructivist Approach to Meanings in the Universe 167
Alexander Kravchenko
Part II: Meanings in the Evolution of Life 187
9 Chemical Origins of Life, Agency, and Meaning 189
Alexei A. Sharov
10 Evolution of Biomolecular Communication 217
Gustavo Caetano-Anolles
11 Meaning Relies on Codes but Depends on Agents 245
Robert Prinz
12 Evolutionary Growth of Meanings in the Relational Universe of Intercommunicating Agents 265
Abir U. Igamberdiev
Part III: Meanings in Organism Behavior and Cognition 279
13 The Sentient Cell 281
Arthur S. Reber, Frantisek Baluska and William B. Miller, Jr.
14 A Hypothesis about How Bacterial Cells Sustain and Change Their Lives in Response to Various Signals 299
Vic Norris and Alexei A. Sharov
15 Self-Reinforcing Cycles and Mistakes: The Emergence of Subjective Meaning 325
Victoria N. Alexander
16 On the Energy-Based Limitations of the Information Capacity and Information Processing Rates in the Human Brain 345
Jack A. Tuszynski
17 The Peculiar Case of Danger Modeling: Meaning-Generation in Three Dimensions 363
Hongbing Yu
Part IV: Meanings in Humans and Beyond 377
18 Anchors of Meaning: The Intertwining of Signs, Abduction, and Cognitive Niches 379
Lorenzo Magnani
19 Levels of Translation, Levels of Freedom? 401
Kobus Marais
20 Towards a Biosemiotic Account of Memes as Units of Cultural Replication and Interpretation 419
Ivan Fomin
21 Astrobiosemiotics and Its Frontier with Astrobiology 439
Julian Chela-Flores
22 Time Horizons and Biosemiotic Adaptation: Taking Seriously Variable Temporalities in the Evolution of Possible Life Forms 453
Yogi H. Hendlin and Constantijn-Alexander Kusters
Declaration 467
References 467
Index 471
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Biosemiotics; Semiotic Agency; Theoretical Biology; Evolution; Communication; Astrobiology; Meaning; Sign; Autonomy; Language; Code Biology; Information; Symbol Grounding; Ethology; Origin of Life
Preface xv
Acknowledgments xix
Part I: The Nature of Meaning and Its Components 1
1 Introduction: Towards Integrating Studies of Meanings with Science 3
Alexei A. Sharov
2 Pathways to the Understanding of Signs and Meanings in the Biosphere: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives 27
Donald Favareau and Kalevi Kull
3 Is it a Janus-Faced World After All? Physics is Not Reductionist 55
Bashir Ahmad and Richard Gordon
4 Semiotic Ground and the Hierarchic Nature of Information 71
Terrence W. Deacon
5 Ontology and Semiotics of Memory 85
Anton V. Sukhoverkhov and Arran E. Gare
6 Meanings, Their Hierarchy, and Evolution 101
George E. Mikhailovsky
7 Semiotics of Potential Meanings 137
Alexei A. Sharov
8 A Constructivist Approach to Meanings in the Universe 167
Alexander Kravchenko
Part II: Meanings in the Evolution of Life 187
9 Chemical Origins of Life, Agency, and Meaning 189
Alexei A. Sharov
10 Evolution of Biomolecular Communication 217
Gustavo Caetano-Anolles
11 Meaning Relies on Codes but Depends on Agents 245
Robert Prinz
12 Evolutionary Growth of Meanings in the Relational Universe of Intercommunicating Agents 265
Abir U. Igamberdiev
Part III: Meanings in Organism Behavior and Cognition 279
13 The Sentient Cell 281
Arthur S. Reber, Frantisek Baluska and William B. Miller, Jr.
14 A Hypothesis about How Bacterial Cells Sustain and Change Their Lives in Response to Various Signals 299
Vic Norris and Alexei A. Sharov
15 Self-Reinforcing Cycles and Mistakes: The Emergence of Subjective Meaning 325
Victoria N. Alexander
16 On the Energy-Based Limitations of the Information Capacity and Information Processing Rates in the Human Brain 345
Jack A. Tuszynski
17 The Peculiar Case of Danger Modeling: Meaning-Generation in Three Dimensions 363
Hongbing Yu
Part IV: Meanings in Humans and Beyond 377
18 Anchors of Meaning: The Intertwining of Signs, Abduction, and Cognitive Niches 379
Lorenzo Magnani
19 Levels of Translation, Levels of Freedom? 401
Kobus Marais
20 Towards a Biosemiotic Account of Memes as Units of Cultural Replication and Interpretation 419
Ivan Fomin
21 Astrobiosemiotics and Its Frontier with Astrobiology 439
Julian Chela-Flores
22 Time Horizons and Biosemiotic Adaptation: Taking Seriously Variable Temporalities in the Evolution of Possible Life Forms 453
Yogi H. Hendlin and Constantijn-Alexander Kusters
Declaration 467
References 467
Index 471
Acknowledgments xix
Part I: The Nature of Meaning and Its Components 1
1 Introduction: Towards Integrating Studies of Meanings with Science 3
Alexei A. Sharov
2 Pathways to the Understanding of Signs and Meanings in the Biosphere: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives 27
Donald Favareau and Kalevi Kull
3 Is it a Janus-Faced World After All? Physics is Not Reductionist 55
Bashir Ahmad and Richard Gordon
4 Semiotic Ground and the Hierarchic Nature of Information 71
Terrence W. Deacon
5 Ontology and Semiotics of Memory 85
Anton V. Sukhoverkhov and Arran E. Gare
6 Meanings, Their Hierarchy, and Evolution 101
George E. Mikhailovsky
7 Semiotics of Potential Meanings 137
Alexei A. Sharov
8 A Constructivist Approach to Meanings in the Universe 167
Alexander Kravchenko
Part II: Meanings in the Evolution of Life 187
9 Chemical Origins of Life, Agency, and Meaning 189
Alexei A. Sharov
10 Evolution of Biomolecular Communication 217
Gustavo Caetano-Anolles
11 Meaning Relies on Codes but Depends on Agents 245
Robert Prinz
12 Evolutionary Growth of Meanings in the Relational Universe of Intercommunicating Agents 265
Abir U. Igamberdiev
Part III: Meanings in Organism Behavior and Cognition 279
13 The Sentient Cell 281
Arthur S. Reber, Frantisek Baluska and William B. Miller, Jr.
14 A Hypothesis about How Bacterial Cells Sustain and Change Their Lives in Response to Various Signals 299
Vic Norris and Alexei A. Sharov
15 Self-Reinforcing Cycles and Mistakes: The Emergence of Subjective Meaning 325
Victoria N. Alexander
16 On the Energy-Based Limitations of the Information Capacity and Information Processing Rates in the Human Brain 345
Jack A. Tuszynski
17 The Peculiar Case of Danger Modeling: Meaning-Generation in Three Dimensions 363
Hongbing Yu
Part IV: Meanings in Humans and Beyond 377
18 Anchors of Meaning: The Intertwining of Signs, Abduction, and Cognitive Niches 379
Lorenzo Magnani
19 Levels of Translation, Levels of Freedom? 401
Kobus Marais
20 Towards a Biosemiotic Account of Memes as Units of Cultural Replication and Interpretation 419
Ivan Fomin
21 Astrobiosemiotics and Its Frontier with Astrobiology 439
Julian Chela-Flores
22 Time Horizons and Biosemiotic Adaptation: Taking Seriously Variable Temporalities in the Evolution of Possible Life Forms 453
Yogi H. Hendlin and Constantijn-Alexander Kusters
Declaration 467
References 467
Index 471
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