From Complexity to Life —— On The Emergence of Life and Meaning

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ISBN: 9780195150704 出版年：2002 页码：256 Oxford University Press

Part 1: Introduction 1. Towards an Emergentist Worldview Part 2: Defining Complexity 2. Randomness and Mathematical Proof 3. "How to define Complexity in Physics, and Why?" Part 3: The Concept of Information in Physics and Biology 4. The Emergence of Autonomous Agents 5. Complexity and The Arrow of Time 6. Can Evolutionary Algorithms Generate Specified Complexity? 7. The Second Law of Thermodynamics and the Fourth Law of Thermodynamics 8. Two Arrows from a Mighty Bow Part 4: Philosophical and Religious Perspectives 9. Emergence of Transcendence 10. Complexity, Emergence and Divine Creativity 11. From Anthropic Design to Self-Organized Complexity