C2 – Origin of Autonomy: Autonomy in Biological Systems

A vision of biological systems and their evolution, systems biology and autopoiesis, the features of biological autonomy and its increase, and autonomy and evolution.

course of the deck

Autonomous Systems (2nd cycle, 2016/2017) — Andrea Omicini

used in the lectures

Fri 3 Mar 2017, 12:00 •

Wed 8 Mar 2017, 11:00

same deck in other editions

C1 – The Roots of Autonomy: Autonomy in Biological Systems — Autonomous Systems (Module 1) 2020/2021

reference publication

The Structure of Evolutionary Theory (book, 2002) — Stephen Jay Gould

Investigations (book, 2003) — Stuart A. Kauffman

The Plausibility of Life: Resolving Darwin's Dilemma (book, 2006) — Marc W. Kirschner, John C. Gerhart

Foundations of Systems Biology (edited volume, 2001) — Hiroaki Kitano

Autopoiesis and Cognition: The Realization of the Living (book, 1980) — Humberto R. Maturana, Francisco J. Varela

On the Origin of Autonomy. A New Look at the Major Transitions in Evolution (book, 2014) — Bernd Rosslenbroich

Mind in Life: Biology, Phenomenology, and the Sciences of Mind (book, 2010) — Evan Thompson

Autopoiesis: The Organization of Living Systems, its Characterization and a Model (article in journal, 1974) — Francisco G. Varela, Humberto R. Maturana, R. Uribe