Hidden Concepts in the History and Philosophy of Origins-of-Life Studies: a Workshop Report
Jazyk angličtina Země Nizozemsko Médium print-electronic
Typ dokumentu historické články, časopisecké články, přehledy
Grantová podpora
ELSI Origins Network
John Templeton Foundation
PubMed
31399826
DOI
10.1007/s11084-019-09580-x
PII: 10.1007/s11084-019-09580-x
Knihovny.cz E-zdroje
- Klíčová slova
- Artificial life, Epistemology, LUCA, Multidisciplinary science, Prebiotic evolution, Self-organization, Theories of life,
- MeSH
- biologie dějiny MeSH
- chemie dějiny MeSH
- dějiny 16. století MeSH
- dějiny 17. století MeSH
- dějiny 18. století MeSH
- dějiny 19. století MeSH
- dějiny 20. století MeSH
- dějiny 21. století MeSH
- filozofie dějiny MeSH
- historiografie * MeSH
- informatika dějiny MeSH
- molekulární biologie dějiny MeSH
- paleontologie dějiny MeSH
- původ života * MeSH
- Check Tag
- dějiny 16. století MeSH
- dějiny 17. století MeSH
- dějiny 18. století MeSH
- dějiny 19. století MeSH
- dějiny 20. století MeSH
- dějiny 21. století MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- historické články MeSH
- přehledy MeSH
In this review, we describe some of the central philosophical issues facing origins-of-life research and provide a targeted history of the developments that have led to the multidisciplinary field of origins-of-life studies. We outline these issues and developments to guide researchers and students from all fields. With respect to philosophy, we provide brief summaries of debates with respect to (1) definitions (or theories) of life, what life is and how research should be conducted in the absence of an accepted theory of life, (2) the distinctions between synthetic, historical, and universal projects in origins-of-life studies, issues with strategies for inferring the origins of life, such as (3) the nature of the first living entities (the "bottom up" approach) and (4) how to infer the nature of the last universal common ancestor (the "top down" approach), and (5) the status of origins of life as a science. Each of these debates influences the others. Although there are clusters of researchers that agree on some answers to these issues, each of these debates is still open. With respect to history, we outline several independent paths that have led to some of the approaches now prevalent in origins-of-life studies. These include one path from early views of life through the scientific revolutions brought about by Linnaeus (von Linn.), Wöhler, Miller, and others. In this approach, new theories, tools, and evidence guide new thoughts about the nature of life and its origin. We also describe another family of paths motivated by a" circularity" approach to life, which is guided by such thinkers as Maturana & Varela, Gánti, Rosen, and others. These views echo ideas developed by Kant and Aristotle, though they do so using modern science in ways that produce exciting avenues of investigation. By exploring the history of these ideas, we can see how many of the issues that currently interest us have been guided by the contexts in which the ideas were developed. The disciplinary backgrounds of each of these scholars has influenced the questions they sought to answer, the experiments they envisioned, and the kinds of data they collected. We conclude by encouraging scientists and scholars in the humanities and social sciences to explore ways in which they can interact to provide a deeper understanding of the conceptual assumptions, structure, and history of origins-of-life research. This may be useful to help frame future research agendas and bring awareness to the multifaceted issues facing this challenging scientific question.
Blue Marble Space Institute of Science Washington DC 20011 USA
Center for Chemical Evolution Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta GA 30332 USA
Centre for the Sciences of Complexity 04510 Mexico City Mexico
CNRS BIP IMM Aix Marseille University Marseille France
Department of Biology University of Naples Federico 2 Via Cinthia 80156 Naples Italy
Department of Earth Sciences University of Southern California California Los Angeles 90089 USA
Department of Evolutionary Biology School of Sciences UNAM 04510 CDMX Coyoacán Mexico
Department of Information Sciences Ochanomizu University Bunkyoku Otsuka 2 1 1 Tokyo 112 0012 Japan
Department of Marine and Coastal Science Rutgers University 71 Dudley Rd New Brunswick NJ 08901 USA
Department of Philosophy Ecology Evolution and Conservation Biology Reno Nevada USA
Department of Philosophy University of Colorado Boulder Colorado USA
Department of the History of Medicine Johns Hopkins University Baltimore MD USA
Department of Zoology University of Cambridge Cambridge CB2 3EJ UK
Earth Life Science Institute Tokyo Institute of Technology Tokyo 152 8551 Japan
European Centre for Living Technology Venice Italy
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Janelia Research Campus Ashburn VA 20147 USA
Institute for Advanced Study Princeton NJ 08540 USA
Institute for Applied Mathematics and Systems Research 04510 Mexico City Mexico
Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences Leipzig Germany
Science and Technology Policies Department Middle East Technical University 06800 Ankara Turkey
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