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1 online resource (380 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; Introduction; Part One; 1. Foundation of the Method in the Search for Meaning; 2. The Present Situation of Mankind; 3. The Influence of the Phenomenology of Ludwig Klages on Biosemiotics; 4. The Mediated Directness of Communication and its Evolution within the Sign Systems; 5. The Cycle of Understanding in Communication; 6. The Antagonistic and Complementary Dynamics in the Origin of Communication; 7. God as the Origin of Communication; 8. Analogies of Reflection in the Superposition of Sign Systems |
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9. Diploidity of Cells and the Development of Dialogue10. Potential and Real Aspects of Communication for the Mediation of Inner and Outer Systems; 11. The Neural System as Mediator of the Soul; 12. The Noetic System and the Freedom of Intellectual Acts; 13. The Relation of Mental Acts to the Dominant Hemisphere; 14. Thinking and Speaking; 15. Parallels to Biosemiotics in Viktor von Weizsaecker's Writings; Part Two; 16. The Philosophical Biology and Anthropology of Helmuth Plessner; 17. Inner Adaptation in the Analogies of Cybernetics; 18. A Biosemiotic View of French Structuralism |
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19. Transcendental Function and the Symbolic Structure of the Nervous System20. Symbolic Aspects of Form and Arrangement of Ganglion Cells and remarks on the Cerebellum; 21. Inner Adaptation and Wakefulness, Sleep, Dreaming, Hypnosis, Trance: Inner Unity in the State of Wakefulness; 22. On Sleep; 23. Manifestation of Inner Adaptation in Play; 24. Feelings and Their Expression; 25. Laughing; 26. The Smile; 27. Crying; Part Three; 28. Values as Objectives in the Inner Adaptation of the Noetic System; 29. Truth; 30. Holiness: Phenomenological Description and Biosemiotic Interpretation |
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31. The Experience of Holiness in Ecstasy32. The Search for Redemption and the Conflicts of Inner Adaptation; 33. Different Ways of Inner Adaptation; 34. Inner Adaptation and the Greeks; 35. Inner Adaptation and the People of East Asia; 36. Yoga; 37. Buddhism and Zen; 38. Christianity; 39. Inner Adaptation in the Cultural History of Europe; 40. The Beginning of Modern Times and the Reflection of Gastrular Mediated Experiences; 41. Descartes and the Development of Scientific Thought; 42. The Perfection of the Development of the Noetic System |
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43. Possibilities of Change of Consciousness, Asymmetry Between Left and Right Side44. The Asymmetries of the Body; 45. The Psychophysical Relationship and Parapsychology; 46. The Asymmetry of the Cerebral Hemispheres; 47. The Significance of Reflection (Self-Consciousness) for the Generation of a New Phase of Communication; 48. Change of Mind Based on Reflection of Mankind Being the Child of God; 49. Inner Adaptation and the Phenomena of Parapsychology; 50. Comparison of Erich Jantsch's Theory of Evolution with the Theory of Biosemiotics |
| Summary |
The issues surrounding Darwin's theory of evolution as a function of the survival of the fittest have hardly abated since they were initially promulgated about 150 ago. The reason is clear: behind the theory of evolution is a doctrine of structure of organisms that can be explained only by fitting the adaptation to the external world. The older doctrines of creation have been at odds with evolutionism from the outset--sometimes utilizing straight theological arguments and at other times employing sophisticated scientific arguments. Into the breach steps Friedrich S. Rothschild, a trained neurologist, psychologist and physician. On the basis of his researches in comparative embryology, Rothschild argues that the central nervous system of animals as well as humans conveys meaning just like language, and not just a system aimed at adaptation to the external environment. His theory of biosemiotics introduces the concept of inner adaptation. This adaptation to the principal forces assign meaning to life. In monotheistic religions this force is called God. The issue of adaptation is therefore both external and internal, related to growth of the person no less than the environment. This book is intended for those who are interested in life and its varied meanings, to students of sociobiology and medicine as well as those concerned with humanities |
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51. The Paradoxical Nature of Mankind and iis Relationship to the Decussation of the Fibres in the CNS |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
RELIGION -- Religion & Science.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Evolution.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351525220 |
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1351525220 |
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9781351525213 |
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1351525212 |
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9781351525206 |
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1351525204 |
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9780203794470 |
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0203794478 |
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