Abstract. The term “software evolution” is generally used as an analogy for biological evolution. This paper explores that analogy in more depth, analyzing software evolution f...
The contribution of the theory of autopoiesis to the definition of life and biological theory affirms biological autonomy as a central notion of scientific and philosophical inquir...
A scientific explanatory project, part-whole explanation, and a kind of science, part-whole science are premised on identifying, investigating, and using parts and wholes. In the ...