The origin of life patterns : in the natural inclusion of space in flux /: in the natural inclusion of space in flux. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Alan Rayner.
• Authors: Rayner, Alan
• Contents: Introduction : a personal experience of culture shock; Abstract; 1.1 Early Awakenings; References; 2 Noticing recurrent patterns, from microcosm to macrocosm; Abstract; 2.1 Evolutionary ecology : the art and science of recognizing and understanding pattern, process and relationship in the natural world; 2.2 Receptive enquiry : exploring natural patterns with eyes and mind wide open; References; 3 Natural flow geometry : 'pulse' and 'circulation'; Abstract; 3.1 Rigidization by digitization : the estranged square world of abstract geometry and arithmetic; 3.1.1 Statistics, complexity theory and fractal geometry : abstract mathematical attempts to account for natural uncertainty; 3.2 'Place-time' : the transformational flow geometry of nature; 3.2.1 Pulse and circulation : starting from natural 'spherical one', not abstract 'square one'; 3.2.2 Spirals; 3.2.3 Ripples; 3.2.4 Rivers and flow-networks; 3.2.5 'Crazy paving'; References; 4 Natural inclusion and the evolution of self-identity; Abstract; 4.1 Discrete and continuous perceptions of natural origins and destiny; 4.2 Paradoxical evolution : abstract theories of the origin and transformation of life as an independent existence; 4.3 Evolving out of the box : life in dynamic relationship; 4.4 From self-definition to self-opening; 4.5 Self-identity and consciousness as a natural inclusion of neighbourhood; 4.6 Genes as reproducers of life patterns, not units of selection; 4.7 Life, love and natural inclusion; References; 5 Flow geometry and the evolution of collective organization : individuals, couples, series and huddles; Abstract; 5.1 Natural companionship; 5.2 Biological life as an embodied water flow, not a genetically controlled machine; 5.3 Diversity within cellular life; 5.4 Diversity within multicellular life; 5.5 Diversity within social life; 5.6 Diversity within community life; 5.6.1 Diversity in life cycle patterns within natural communities; 5.6.2 The vitality of death within natural community life; 5.7 From biosphere to 'cosmosphere' and 'quantumsphere'; References; 6 The influence of core beliefs and perceptions on human cultural diversity and governance; Abstract; 6.1 Human estrangement from nature; 6.2 Belief in independent identities; 6.3 Belief in external authority; 6.4 Belief in competitive success; 6.5 Belief that strength is good and weakness is bad; 6.6 Belief that money Is wealth; 6.7 Belief in time as an external occurrence; 6.8 Belief in unity as an antidote to division; 6.9 Belief in death as finality; 6.10 From abstract rationality to natural inclusion : evolution, not revolution; References; 7 Epilogue-the co-creative partnership between responsive flux and infinite grace in the life of every body; Abstract; 7.1 Flux and grace.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 128; Psychology; Life; Philosophy of nature; Philosophical anthropology; Social psychology; PHILOSOPHY -- Movements -- Humanism; Life; Philosophical anthropology; Philosophy of nature; Social psychology; Psychology -- Experimental Psychology; Psychology -- Personality; Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology; The self, ego, identity, personality; Experimental psychology; Consciousness; Applied psychology; Self; Psychology, Experimental; Psychology -- Cognitive Psychology; Cognition & cognitive psychology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319546063; 3319546066
• Related ISBNs: 9783319546056; 3319546058
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 05, 2017).
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