In this thesis, I discuss the organism's self-organization from the perspective of relational
ontology. I critically examine scientific and philosophical sources that appeal to the concept …

In these notes I want to address some issues concerning self-organization that seem to me
to apply generally from the micro-physical through the biological and social to the …

Organization of living things is characterized by dynamical hierarchical structures inheriting
discrepancy among levels. It can be expressed as a system consisting of two layers; the …

In this article I address the issue of the ontological conditions of possibility for a naturalistic
notion of emergence, trying to determine its fundamental differences from the atomist, vitalist …

There are many reasons for questioning the relevance of the concepts of self-organization
(SO) and emergence. By studying three types of SO, respectively related to ontogeny …

Teleological language, talk of function and purpose, has long been associated with the
appearance of order in the biological world. Indeed, the pre-Darwinian tradition of natural …

Currently there are two movements emerging within systems theory in connection with
biology: self-organization and hierarchy theory. They are treated together here because they …

In this article an epistemological framework is proposed in order to integrate the emergentist
thought with systemic studies on biological autonomy, which are focused on the role of …

From a structural standpoint, living organisms are organized like a nest of Russian
matryoshka dolls, in which structures are buried within one another. From a temporal point of …

A wide variety of approaches and mechanisms have been proposed to “extend” the neo-
Darwinist theory of evolution, including self-organization, symbiogenesis, teleonomy …