Neuman, Yair.

Reviving the living : meaning making in living systems / Yair Neuman. - Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2008. - xxix, 289 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Studies in multidisciplinarity ; v. 6 . - Studies in multidisciplinarity ; v. 6. .

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

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.

9780444530332 (hbk.)


Life sciences--Philosophy.
Meaning (Philosophy)