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Title Introduction to biosemiotics : the new biological synthesis / edited by Marcello Barbieri
Published Dordrecht : Springer, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 530 pages) : illustrations, portrait
Series Water science and technology library ; v. 59.
Contents Front Matter; The Evolutionary History of Biosemiotics; Semiosis in Evolution; Has Biosemiotics come of age?*+ and Postscript+; The Necessity of Biosemiotics: Matter-Symbol Complementarity; What is the Scope of Biosemiotics? Information in Living Systems; Semiotic Scaffolding of living systems*; Biosemiotics and Biophysics -- the fundamental approaches to the study of life; Is the Cell a Semiotic System?; Computing Codes versus Interpreting Life; Towards a Darwinian biosemiotics. Life as mutual understanding; From the logic of science to the logic of the living
Towards a Standard Terminology for (Bio)semioticsInformation theory and error-correcting codes in genetics and biological evolution; RNA as code makers: A Biosemiotic View of RNAi and Cell Immunity; Cellular Semiotics and Signal Transduction; Inner Representations and Signs in Animals; A Biosemiotic Approach To Epigenetics: Constructivist Aspects of Oocyte-to-embryo Transition; Language and Interspecific Communication Experiments: A Case to Re
Summary Combining research approaches from biology, philosophy and linguistics, the field of Biosemiotics proposes that animals, plants and single cells all engage in semiosis - the conversion of objective signals into conventional signs. This has important implications and applications for issues ranging from natural selection to animal behavior and human psychology, leaving biosemiotics at the cutting edge of the research on the fundamentals of life. Drawing on an international expertise, the book details the history and study of biosemiotics, and provides a state-of-the-art summary of the current work in this new field. And, with relevance to a wide range of disciplines - from linguistics and semiotics to evolutionary phenomena and the philosophy of biology - the book provides an important text for both students and established researchers, while marking a vital step in the evolution of a new biological paradigm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Biology -- Semiotics.
Cell interaction.
Communication.
Biological models.
Mathematical models.
Cell physiology.
Human behavior.
Misinformation.
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
Psychiatry and Psychology
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment
Phenomena and Processes
Cell Communication
Communication
Models, Biological
Information Science
Models, Theoretical
Cell Physiological Phenomena
Behavior
Investigative Techniques
mathematical models.
human behavior.
NATURE -- Reference.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- General.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biology.
Biomédecine.
Sciences de la vie.
Mathematical models
Human behavior
Communication
Cell physiology
Cell interaction
Biological models
Biology -- Semiotics
Semiotiek.
Biologie.
Form Electronic book
Author Barbieri, Marcello
LC no. 2007270417
ISBN 9781402048142
1402048149
1402048130
9781402048135
1280902507
9781280902505
661090250X
9786610902507