Abstract
The comments focus on a presumed circular reasoning in the operator hierarchy
and the necessity of understanding life’s origin for defining life. Below it is shown that its
layered structure prevents the operator hierarchy from circular definitions. It is argued that
the origin of life is an insufficient basis for a definition of life that includes multicellular and
neural network organisms.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 327-329 |
| Journal | Foundations of Science |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2011 |
Keywords
- Artificial life
- Astrobiology
- Definition of life
- First cell
- Operator hierarchy