It has been argued that the historical nature of evolution makes it a highly path-dependent
process. Under this view, the outcome of evolutionary dynamics could have resulted in …

Self-ordering phenomena should not be confused with self-organization. Self-ordering
events occur spontaneously according to natural “law” propensities and are purely …

In The Allure of Machinic Life, John Johnston examines new forms of nascent life that
emerge through technical interactions within human-constructed environments--" machinic …

Abstract 1 The present chapter is intended to provide an introductory overview to the history
of biosemiotics, contextualizing that history within and against the larger currents of …

316 to mutually access some signs, without using a word. Accordingly, we may ask directly,
whether an animal message can be translated into a human one? 1.. Can a human …

In this paper we review and argue for the relevance of the concept of open-ended evolution
in biological theory. Defining it as a process in which a set of chemical systems bring about …

Biosemiotics distinguishes life from inanimate matter by its dependence on material
construction controlled by coded symbolic information. This irreducible primitive distinction …

Contents: 1. Major Steps Towards the Extension: Four Women who changed the
Evolutionary Scene. 2. The Model of extended Synthesis adds the Independent Role of …

Biosemiotics recognizes that life is distinguished from inanimate matter by its dependence
on material construction under the control of coded symbolic description. This distinction …

Most bodies in this world do not have brains and the minority of animal species that do have
brained bodies are descendents from species with more distributed or decentralized …