Tag: synergy
Peter Corning and the Taint of Vitalism
As the insightful work of Corning and others has shown, the vitalist/mechanist debate in biology is nowhere near over. If anything, it’s just getting started.
An Evolutionary Theorist Plays with Words; Let’s See How Far It Gets Him
Francis Heylighen’s “ontology of relational agency” starts with an interesting observation.
Another Call for a “New Synthesis”
I recently wrote a post critical of biologist Peter Corning’s “synergism hypothesis.” Afterwards Dr. Corning got in touch.
Synergies All the Way Down
Examples of synergy cited by Peter Corning include multicellularity; sexual reproduction; emperor penguins huddling together for warmth.