Logic is the science of demonstration ; it lays down the rules for making propositions and constructing proofs. Logic is really the core of philosophy.
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Epistemology
Epistemology of biology and medicine
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Logic
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teleology
13 November 2005WKP
The study of ends or final causes; the explanation of phenomena by reference to goals or purposes.
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finalism
aristotelism in biology ( Aristotle ) -
theory of formative causation
13 November 2005The hypothesis that organisms or morphic units at all levels of complexity are organized by morphic fields, which are themselves influenced and stabilized by morphic resonance from all previous similar morphic units.
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symbiosis
13 November 2005(Greek symbioun, "to live together"),
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sociobiology
13 November 2005The biological study of social behavior in animals, based upon the understanding that social behaviors can be genetically encoded and evolve through the evolutionary process of natural selection.
References
The sociobiology of molecular systems. Foster KR. Nat Rev Genet. 2011 Mar;12(3):193-203. PMID: #21301472# -
selfish gene theory
13 November 2005Darwin’s theory of natural selection applied at the genetic level, which proposes that the unit of selection in evolution is not the species or the organism, but the gene.
See also
The Selfish Gene. by Richard Dawkins. Oxford University Press, USA; 2 edition (October 25, 1990). ISBN: 0192860925
The Selfish Gene. by Richard Dawkins. Oxford University Press, USA; 3rd edition (March 31, 2006). ISBN: 0199291152
Genes in Conflict : The Biology of Selfish Genetic Elements (Hardcover). by (...) -
non-linear dynamics
13 November 2005The study of chaotic processes.
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information theory
13 November 2005WP1 WP2
Definition: Information theory is a branch of applied mathematics, electrical engineering, and computer science involving the quantification of information. It can also be seen as a branch of cybernetics that attempts to define the amount of information required to control a process of given complexity.
Information theory was developed by Claude E. Shannon to find fundamental limits on signal processing operations such as compressing data and on reliably storing and (...) -
information in biology
13 November 2005Definition: Non-predictable patterns that carry a message.
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fractal
13 November 2005fractals