Cosmic Life Forms

Grandpierre, Attila

doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-8837-7_18

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“…At the very least, a growing number of papers indicate the timeliness of Bauer's work (e.g. Levich, 1993;Brauckmann, 2000;Alt, 2002;Reeben, 2008;Volkenstein, 2009;Grandpierre, 1988;2008a;2011a;2011b;2012b;2014;Grandpierre and Kafatos, 2012;Voeikov and Del Giudice, 2009;Elek and Müller, 2013).…”

Section: Bauer's Principlementioning

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The Universal Principle of Biology: Determinism, Quantum Physics and Spontaneity

Grandpierre¹,

Chopra²,

Kafatos³

2014

Neuroquantology

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For the last four centuries, physics became the pre-eminent natural science. Now it is widely believed that biology will replace physics in prominence. However, systematic efforts to develop a science of theoretical biology on a par with modern theoretical physics in depth and explanatory power have failed. In this paper, we introduce the most promising effort to achieve a fundamental theory of biology, the framework of Ervin Bauer, which includes three requirements for life. The universal principle of biology, which is Bauer's principle, is introduced and presented in mathematical form. Because he was able to derive all fundamental life phenomena from this single principle, we propose that Bauer's principle is the first and foundational principle of biology. It can play a central role in biology similar to the one played in physics by the least action principle. We posit that this new picture will open the possibility to achieve an exact theoretical biology. Expanding the conceptual framework of theoretical physics in the most suitable way that is necessary and sufficient for an exact theoretical biology is a challenging task. We also clarify some significant conceptual difficulties of Bauer's requirements in the context of modern biology, and we fundamentally connect Bauer's theory to quantum physics. In conclusion, we strongly believe that the only version of modern theoretical biology capable of following in the footsteps of modern physics is Bauer's theory.

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Section: Bauer's Principlementioning

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The Universal Principle of Biology: Determinism, Quantum Physics and Spontaneity

Grandpierre¹,

Chopra²,

Kafatos³

2014

Neuroquantology

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“…Indeed, absolutely sterile inanimateness seems to be a mere abstraction from the actual reality present in Nature. The Universe can be full with an extreme variety of cosmic life forms (Grandpierre, 2008a). If so, life can be literally more widespread than exactly inanimate matter.…”

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“…Although mechanical logic, like software programs, represents algorithmic complexity (Grandpierre, 2008a), and so it is suitable to solve physical problems, it is not deep enough in order to account about creativity. We can realize that creativity must correspond to a deeper level of reality.…”

Section: Mechanical Logic and Biological Logicmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Biological Principle of Natural Sciences and the Logos of Life of Natural Philosophy: A Comparison and the Perspectives of Unifying the Science and Philosophy of Life

Grandpierre

2011

Phenomenology/Ontopoiesis Retrieving Geo-Cosmic Horizons of Antiquity

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Abstract:Acknowledging that Nature is one unified whole, we expect that physics and biology are intimately related. Keeping in mind that physics became an exact science with which we are already familiar with, while, apparently, we do not have at present a similar knowledge about biology, we consider how can we make useful the clarity of physics to shed light to biology. The next question will be what are the most basic categories of physics and biology. If we do not want to cut laws of Nature into different parts, we obtain a constraint, and the remaining part of physics will be the input data to the equations of physics. In these terms, our question will be: if we keep biological laws intact, as indivisible units, what remains in case of biology? This approach, just because it is more fundamental, has significant consequences for philosophy, and obviously offers a new conceptual framework considering the relation between the ontopoietic principle of Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka and the biological principle. The quintessence of science, namely, the first essentially complete scientific world picture is presented in a detailed form.

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Extending Whiteheadian Organic Cosmology to a Comprehensive Science of Nature

Grandpierre¹

2021

Palgrave Perspectives on Process Philosophy

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Cosmic Life Forms

Cited by 7 publications

References 12 publications

The Universal Principle of Biology: Determinism, Quantum Physics and Spontaneity

The Universal Principle of Biology: Determinism, Quantum Physics and Spontaneity

The Biological Principle of Natural Sciences and the Logos of Life of Natural Philosophy: A Comparison and the Perspectives of Unifying the Science and Philosophy of Life

Extending Whiteheadian Organic Cosmology to a Comprehensive Science of Nature

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