Mark A. Bedau is Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Reed College, Oregon and a regular Visiting Professor at the European School of Molecular Medicine, in Milan, Italy. He is an internationally recognized leader in the philosophical and scientific study of living systems and has published and lectured extensively on issues concerning emergence, evolution, life, mind, and the social and ethical implications of creating life from nonliving materials.
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Preface Acknowledgments Sources About the authors Introduction Part I. Classical Discussions of Life: 1. De Anima (selections) Aristotle 2. Treatise on Man René Descartes 3. Critique of the Teleological Power of Judgment (selections) Immanuel Kant 4. What is Life? (selections) Erwin Schrödinger 5. The nature of life Alexander Oparin 6. What is the meaning of 'life'? Ernst Mayr 7. The Principles of Life (selections) Tibor Gánti Part II. The Origin and Extent of Natural Life: 8. The origin of life: a review of facts and speculation Leslie E. Orgel 9. Small molecule interactions were central to the origin of life Robert Shapiro 10. Are the different hypotheses on the emergence of life as different as they seem? Iris Fry 11. The universal nature of biochemistry Norman Pace 12. Is there a common chemical model for life in the universe? Steven A. Benner, Alonso Ricardo and Matthew A. Carrigan 13. Searching for life in the universe: lessons from Earth Kenneth H. Nealson 14. The possibility of alternative microbial life on Earth Carol E. Cleland and Shelley D. Copley 15. Introduction to the limits of organic life in planetary systems National Research Council of the National Academies Part III. Artificial Life and Synthetic Biology: 16. Learning from functionalism: prospects for strong artificial life Elliott Sober 17. Life, 'artificial life', and scientific explanation Marc Lange 18. Alien life: how would we know? Margaret A. Boden 19. Automatic design and manufacture of robotic life forms Hod Lipson and Jordan P. Pollack 20. A giant step towards artificial life? David Deamer 21. Approaches to semi-synthetic minimal cells: a review Pier Luigi Luisi, Francesca Ferri and Pasquale Stano 22. Creating 'real life' Evelyn Fox Keller Part IV. Defining and Explaining Life: 23. Definitions of life Carl Sagan 24. The seven pillars of life Daniel E. Koshland 25. A universal definition of life: autonomy and open-ended evolution Kepa Ruiz-Mirazo, Juli Pereto and Alvaro Moreno 26. Does 'life' have a definition? Carol Cleland and Christopher Chyba 27. Sentient symphony Lynn Margulis and Dorion Sagan 28. Defining life Kim Sterelny and Paul Griffiths 29. Universal Darwinism Richard Dawkins 30. What is life? Was Schrödinger right? Stuart A. Kauffman 31. Four puzzles about life Mark A. Bedau Supplemental bibliography on life Index.
Preface Acknowledgments Sources About the authors Introduction Part I. Classical Discussions of Life: 1. De Anima (selections) Aristotle 2. Treatise on Man René Descartes 3. Critique of the Teleological Power of Judgment (selections) Immanuel Kant 4. What is Life? (selections) Erwin Schrödinger 5. The nature of life Alexander Oparin 6. What is the meaning of 'life'? Ernst Mayr 7. The Principles of Life (selections) Tibor Gánti Part II. The Origin and Extent of Natural Life: 8. The origin of life: a review of facts and speculation Leslie E. Orgel 9. Small molecule interactions were central to the origin of life Robert Shapiro 10. Are the different hypotheses on the emergence of life as different as they seem? Iris Fry 11. The universal nature of biochemistry Norman Pace 12. Is there a common chemical model for life in the universe? Steven A. Benner, Alonso Ricardo and Matthew A. Carrigan 13. Searching for life in the universe: lessons from Earth Kenneth H. Nealson 14. The possibility of alternative microbial life on Earth Carol E. Cleland and Shelley D. Copley 15. Introduction to the limits of organic life in planetary systems National Research Council of the National Academies Part III. Artificial Life and Synthetic Biology: 16. Learning from functionalism: prospects for strong artificial life Elliott Sober 17. Life, 'artificial life', and scientific explanation Marc Lange 18. Alien life: how would we know? Margaret A. Boden 19. Automatic design and manufacture of robotic life forms Hod Lipson and Jordan P. Pollack 20. A giant step towards artificial life? David Deamer 21. Approaches to semi-synthetic minimal cells: a review Pier Luigi Luisi, Francesca Ferri and Pasquale Stano 22. Creating 'real life' Evelyn Fox Keller Part IV. Defining and Explaining Life: 23. Definitions of life Carl Sagan 24. The seven pillars of life Daniel E. Koshland 25. A universal definition of life: autonomy and open-ended evolution Kepa Ruiz-Mirazo, Juli Pereto and Alvaro Moreno 26. Does 'life' have a definition? Carol Cleland and Christopher Chyba 27. Sentient symphony Lynn Margulis and Dorion Sagan 28. Defining life Kim Sterelny and Paul Griffiths 29. Universal Darwinism Richard Dawkins 30. What is life? Was Schrödinger right? Stuart A. Kauffman 31. Four puzzles about life Mark A. Bedau Supplemental bibliography on life Index.
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