The Ontogeny of Information,9780822324669

The Ontogeny of Information

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Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9780822324669
ISBN10: 0822324660
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-03-01
Publisher(s): Duke Univ Pr
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Summary

"This is among the most important books on developmental theory published in the last several decades. It continues to be cited regularly in work from several different disciplines, including developmental biology, evolutionary biology, neuroscience, and psychology."--Robert Lickliter, Virginia Polytechnic Institute

Table of Contents

Foreword vii
Richard Lewontin
Preface to Second Edition xvii
Preface xix
Introduction
1(11)
The Origin and Transmission of Form: The Gene as the Vehicle of Constancy
12(16)
The Problem of Change
28(14)
Variability and Ontogenetic Differentiation
42(12)
Variations on a Theme: Cognitive Metaphors and the Homunculoid Gene
54(30)
The Ghosts in the Ghost-in-the-Machine Machine
84(45)
The Ontogeny of Information
129(29)
Reprise
158(27)
Prospects
185(9)
Afterword to Second Edition 194(23)
Notes 217(26)
References 243(18)
Index of Names 261(5)
Index of Subjects 266

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