Biological Autonomy: A Philosophical and Theoretical Enquiry

By Alvaro Moreno and Matteo Mossio

Book Overview

Introduction: Life as autonomy.- I. Constraints and organisational closure.- II. Biological emergence and inter-levels causation.- III. Teleology, normativity, and functionality.- IV. Agency.- V. Evolution: the historical dimension of autonomy.- VI. Organisms and levels of autonomy.- VII. Cognition.- VIII. Opening conclusions.- Index.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 940240564X
• ISBN13: 9789402405644
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 221 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"