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The Language of Living Matter - Bernd-Olaf Küppers

The Language of Living Matter

How Molecules Acquire Meaning
Buch | Hardcover
XIX, 511 Seiten
2022 | 1st ed. 2022
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-80318-6 (ISBN)
CHF 67,35 inkl. MwSt

This book, by an eminent scientist and philosopher, provides strong evidence for the claim that language is a general principle of Nature, rooted exclusively in physical and chemical laws. The author's radical idea inevitably leads us to view the essence, origin and evolution of life in a completely new light. It shifts the coordinates of our scientific world-view in favor of an overarching concept of language that is able to bridge the gap between matter and mind. At the same time, it removes a blind spot in the Darwinian concept of evolution. 

To justify this far-reaching idea, the book takes a long and deep look at our scientific and philosophical thinking, at language as such, at science's claim to truth, and at its methods, unity, limits and perspectives. These are the cornerstones structuring the book into six thematically self-contained chapters, rounded off by an epilogue that introduces the new topic of Nature's semantics. The range of issues covered is a testimony to how progress in the life sciences is transforming the whole edifice of science, from physics to biology and beyond. The book is aimed at a broad academic and general readership; it requires no mathematical expertise.


lt;p>Bernd-Olaf Küppers is an internationally renowned physicist and philosopher of science. For many years he was engaged in research at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen. Thereafter he was professor of natural philosophy at the University of Jena. His main research field is the origin and evolution of life. He is author and editor of numerous books, including the monographs "Molecular Theory of Evolution", "Information and the Origin of Life" and "The Computability of the World". His distinctions include membership of the German National Academy of Sciences and the Academia Europaea (London).


Language: Gateway to the World.- Truth: The Regulative Principle of Cognition.- Methods: Ways of Gaining Knowledge.- Unity: The Deep Structure of Science.- Limits: Insights into the Reach of Science.- Perspectives: Designing Living Matter.- Epilogue: Nature's Semantics.- Author Index.- Subject Index.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie The Frontiers Collection
Zusatzinfo XIX, 511 p. 110 illus., 106 illus. in color.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Gewicht 959 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Biologie Biochemie
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Genetik / Molekularbiologie
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Allgemeines / Lexika
Schlagworte Context dependency of language and information • information in nature • language in nature • linguistics and physical law • Naturalistic scientific world view • Semantics of nature • Truth concepts
ISBN-10 3-030-80318-X / 303080318X
ISBN-13 978-3-030-80318-6 / 9783030803186
Zustand Neuware
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