Emergencja i jej rozumienie w biologii

Józef Bremer

doi:10.21697/seb.2019.17.2.03

Published: 2019-06-30

Vol. 17 No. 2 (2019)

Emergency and its understanding in biology

Józef Bremer

Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae

Section: Articles

https://doi.org/10.21697/seb.2019.17.2.03

Abstract

After a review of the reductionist theories and the emergency theory, I will present Piotr Lenartowicz SJ’s understanding of the emergence observed in living organisms and his reference to the Aristotelian-Thomistic concept of the ‘soul’ (‘substantial form’). Next, I will compare this understanding to contemporary, philosophical–biological emergency theories that refer to the role of biological limitations in maintaining life and in the functioning of the organism. In conclusion, I will point out the fundamental differences in the understanding of emergency according to Lenartowicz and the authors of the aforementioned theories.

Keywords:

soul, theories of emergency, closure of the biological constraints, causal influence

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Bremer, J. (2019). Emergency and its understanding in biology. Studia Ecologiae Et Bioethicae, 17(2), 29–40. https://doi.org/10.21697/seb.2019.17.2.03

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