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10 avril 2018
- handle: 10670/1.871ufx
- eisbn: 9782821895744
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cerveau complexité dialectique esprit néo-aristotélisme organisme vivant brain complexity dialectics living organism mind neo-Aristotelism History & Philosophy Of Science SCI075000 PDASujets proches
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Georges Chapouthier, « Chapter 1. Mosaic Architecture in Living Beings », Éditions des maisons des sciences de l’homme associées, ID : 10670/1.871ufx
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The evolutionary path towards complexity Why has evolution given rise to a certain number of living beings of great complexity? This is obviously not the case for all species and organisms, as some have evolved down the “complexity hierarchy”. Evolutionary processes can lead to an increase as well as a decrease in the anatomical complexity of organisms. Extreme cases of such a decrease can be seen with certain parasites, e.g. the tape worm (taenia) with an anatomical structure inferior to the...