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Palingenesis (/ ˌ p æ l ɪ n ˈ dʒ ɛ n ə s ɪ s /; also palingenesia) is a concept of rebirth or re-creation, used in various contexts in philosophy, theology, politics, and biology. Its meaning stems from Greek palin, meaning 'again', and genesis, meaning 'birth'.
Autopoiesis and Cognition: The Realization of the Living is a cybernetic work in systems theory and the philosophy of biology by Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela.It was first published under the title De Maquinas y Seres Vivos (English: 'On Machines and Living Beings') in 1972 in Chile by Editorial Universitaria S.A., with a second edition published in 1980 by the D. Reidel Publishing ...
History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the history and philosophy of biology. It was established in 1979 and is published by Springer Science+Business Media. The editors in chief are Sabina Leonelli and Giovanni Boniolo. [1]
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. Traditional religion attributed the origin of life to deities who created the natural world. Spontaneous generation, the first naturalistic theory of abiogenesis, goes back to Aristotle and ancient Greek philosophy, and continued to have support in Western scholarship until the 19th century. [15]
Transforming the Lab: Technological and Societal Concerns in the Pursuit of De- and Regeneration in the German Morphological Neurosciences, 1910-1930. In: Medicine Studies. An International Journal for History, Philosophy, and Ethics of Medicine & Allied Sciences 1 (2009), pp. 41–54; Ludwig Edinger (1855-1918) – Pioneer in Neurology.
3D representation of a living cell during the process of mitosis, example of an autopoietic system. The term autopoiesis (from Greek αὐτo-(auto) 'self' and ποίησις () 'creation, production'), one of several current theories of life, refers to a system capable of producing and maintaining itself by creating its own parts. [1]
The word permaculture originally referred to "permanent agriculture", [10] [11] but was expanded to stand also for "permanent culture", as it was understood that social aspects were integral to a truly sustainable system as inspired by Masanobu Fukuoka's natural farming philosophy. Regenerative design is integral to permaculture design.
Australasian Journal of Philosophy; Avant: Journal of the Philosophical-Interdisciplinary Vanguard; Berkeley Studies; Between the Species; Bioethics; Biology and Philosophy; Biological Theory (journal) British Journal for the History of Philosophy; British Journal for the Philosophy of Science; British Journal of Aesthetics; Bulletin of ...