IV. General Evolution Theory
-for theorists and more advanced readers
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 Darwinism
Evolving.
Depew,
D., and Weber, B.
Cambridge,
MA: MIT Press, 1996.
An
exploration of both old (neo-Darwinian, etc.) and new (chaos and
complexity theory, etc.)
evolutionary theory with particular stress on the vital concept
of self-organizing processes.
The
Self-Organizing Universe.
Jantsch,
E.
New
York: Pergamon Press, 1980.
Still
possibly the single most useful book for grounding the advanced
student in the still new,
emergent and pivotal field of evolutionary systems science. Fritjof
Capra's The Web of
Life is a useful and extremely readable update for part of the Jantsch
perspective.
The
New Evolutionary Paradigm.
Laszlo,
E., (Ed.).
Philadelphia:
Gordon and Breach, 1991.
The
historic first collection of papers by the co-founding members of
the General Evolution Research
Group.
The
Connectivity Hyposthesis.
Laszlo,
E.
Albany, NY: Suny Press, 2003.
A new statement of Laszlo's QVI theory of the multilevel unity of life.
An
Arrow Through Chaos.
Loye,
D.
Rochester,
VT: Park Street Press, 2000.
See
introduction and appendix for an exploration of our brain's capacity
for predicting the future,
of key relevance to the development of advanced evolution theory.
The
Triune Brain in Evolution: Role in Paleocerebral Functions.
MacLean,
P.
New
York: Plenum Press, 1990.
An
exceptionally important book of pioneering brain research from an
evolutionary
perspective.
Among other things contains the point for point corroboration of the long
missing completion for Darwin's theory.
Development
and Evolution: Complexity and Change in Biology.
Salthe,
S.
Cambridge,
MA: MIT Press, 1993.
A
rich mix of classic philosophy, modern biology, and chaos and complexity
theories aimed
at opening minds to the alternatives to "first half" Darwinian
theory.
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