Rational decision making in biological systems. (July 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Taborsky, Edwina
• Is Part Of: Bio systems. Volume 217(2022)
• Publication Date: 2022-07
• Subjects: Energy -- Matter and mind -- Triadic function -- Complex adaptation; Biological systems -- Periodicals; Biology -- Periodicals; Biology -- Periodicals; Evolution -- Periodicals; Biologie -- Périodiques; Évolution -- Périodiques; 570
• DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2022.104685
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0303-2647

Abstract

Abstract: This article presents an outline of biological systems that understands them as self-organizing informational or semiosic systems operating pragmatically and therefore intelligently with their environments. Peircean semiosis is the key analytic method used to explain these systems. It is a triadic and networking function, operating as a fundamental natural process within the universe of energy, matter, and mind, generating all morphological forms, both material and conceptual and enabling adaptation and evolution.