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Zagadnienie przyczynowości w badaniach biogenezy. W kierunku kwantowej logiki życia
The Problem of Causality in the Biogenesis Research: Towards a Quantum Logic of Life

Author(s): Marcin Wnuk
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: causality; biogenesis; quantum biosystems; non-classical logics; przyczynowość; biogeneza; biosystemy kwantowe; logiki nieklasyczne

Summary/Abstract: The problem of causality is presented in the context of the research devoted to biogenesis. The significant works concerning the philosophy of biogenesis and scientific theories of abiogenesis have been reviewed. Special attention is paid to: (i) the role of the non-equilibrium thermodynamics and quantum mechanics in the explaining of causal relations involved the origins of life, (ii) the need of constructing of a quantum logic of life. It is suggested that the causal connection is established by an information channel between a cause and its result.

  • Issue Year: 56/2008
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 329-353
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: Polish