Reviving the living meaning making in living systems / Yair Neuman.

Author/creator Neuman, Yair, 1968-
Format Electronic
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoAmsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier,
Descriptionxxix, 289 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from eBook - Psychology pre-2007
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Subjects

SeriesStudies in multidisciplinarity ; v. 6
Studies in multidisciplinarity ; v. 6. ^A945879
Contents What is reductionism? -- Who is reading the book of life? -- Genetics : from grammar to meaning making -- A point for thought : why are organisms irreducible? -- A point for thought : does the genetic system include a meta-language? -- Immunology : from soldiers to housewives -- A point for thought : immune specificity and Brancusi's kiss -- A point for thought : reflections on the immune self -- Meaning making in language and biology -- A point for thought : meaning : bridging the gap between physics and semantics -- The rest is silence -- The polysemy of the sign : a quantum lesson -- Recursive-hierarchy : a lesson from the tardigrade -- Context and memory : a lesson from funes the memorious -- Transgradience : a lesson from Bakhtin -- The poetry of living.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [273]-284) and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2010293107
ISBN9780444530332 (hbk.)
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