La tentazione della ricorsività. Il fascino dell’organico tra ordine e caos

There has been a close relationship between machines and biology since ages. Men have always produced automata in order to imitate nature, as well as to better know the secrets of life through the observation of machines. From Descartes’s automata to the new kind of machines, such as computers, the...

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Main Author: Fabiana Gambardella
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Language:English
Published: S&F_scienzaefilosofia.it 2014-12-01
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description There has been a close relationship between machines and biology since ages. Men have always produced automata in order to imitate nature, as well as to better know the secrets of life through the observation of machines. From Descartes’s automata to the new kind of machines, such as computers, the research in biology has been growing and has revealed that the border between natural and artificial, organic and inorganic is more and more fragile.
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spelling doaj.art-dc3813c858b74ee78052fd914f31db1c2022-12-22T00:35:21ZengS&F_scienzaefilosofia.itS&F_scienzaefilosofia.it2036-29272014-12-01123846La tentazione della ricorsività. Il fascino dell’organico tra ordine e caosFabiana Gambardella0Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico IIThere has been a close relationship between machines and biology since ages. Men have always produced automata in order to imitate nature, as well as to better know the secrets of life through the observation of machines. From Descartes’s automata to the new kind of machines, such as computers, the research in biology has been growing and has revealed that the border between natural and artificial, organic and inorganic is more and more fragile.http://www.scienzaefilosofia.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/res686073_04-GAMBARDELLA.pdfMachineBiologyDescartes
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La tentazione della ricorsività. Il fascino dell’organico tra ordine e caos
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title La tentazione della ricorsività. Il fascino dell’organico tra ordine e caos
title_full La tentazione della ricorsività. Il fascino dell’organico tra ordine e caos
title_fullStr La tentazione della ricorsività. Il fascino dell’organico tra ordine e caos
title_full_unstemmed La tentazione della ricorsività. Il fascino dell’organico tra ordine e caos
title_short La tentazione della ricorsività. Il fascino dell’organico tra ordine e caos
title_sort la tentazione della ricorsivita il fascino dell organico tra ordine e caos
topic Machine
Biology
Descartes
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