Polyps I HWOS 04 024

2024-04-09T00:00:00Z

Polyps I "In physics objects are generic : they are invariants for experiments and theory (for instance, a Galilean weight or an electron as solution to Dirac’s equation is equivalent to any other, it is generic), while trajectories are specific , as they are geodesics, an optimal path in the intended phase space. Geodetics are obtained as sums or integrals of gradients, sometimes highly complex ones, but always as 'critical' paths, that is maxima or minima. [...] Antithetically to physics, in biology the objects , rather than trajectories, should be described as specific , rather than generic. This is due to the individual variability of living beings and their specific history, the analysis of which doesn’t allow generalizations like in physics standard procedures. On the other hand, in biology: trajectories – phylogenetic, ontogenetic, or even those of actions – are generic ; they are co-possible ones, i.e. they are the result of paths compatible with the co-constituted ecosystem and they do not follow optimality criteria. This is, for instance, one of the reasons for the explosion of the number of species, whom Darwinian natural selection theory refers to: trajectories are explorations of compatible paths " (pp. 150-151). Frezza, Giulia. The Concept of Interaction: Crossovers Among Biology, Logic and Philosophy. Università degli Studi Roma Tre, PhD dissertation, 2011. https://arcadia.sba.uniroma3.it/bitstream/2307/3878/1/The%20concept%20of%20interaction_crossovers%20among%20biology_logic%20and%20philosophy.pdf