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Apr 28, 2013 · John Sallis begins his Force of Imagination: The Sense of the Elemental (2000) by regretting the Husserlian phenomenological tradition’s tendency to subordinate imagination to pure perception in an effort to “[protect] the bodily presence of the perceived from imaginal contamination.”208 Sallis argues that…
How did complex systems of chemical reactions on the prebiotic Earth lead to living organisms? But to tackle it, we need to start from a philosophical point of view and define some of the functions an organism needs to be called living.
- Paul Maclellan
Sep 15, 2012 · In the course of molecular and cellular evolution, different mechanisms and different forces might have concurred in the emergence of new metabolic abilities and the shaping of metabolic routes. However, duplication of DNA regions represents a major force of gene and genome evolution.
- Renato Fani
- renato.fani@unifi.it
- 2012
Sep 19, 2024 · Living things, or organisms, are entities that exhibit life processes such as growth, reproduction, response to stimuli, and metabolism. They include flora (plants) and fauna (animals), all contributing to the complex web of life within ecosystems.
Sep 17, 2022 · Once the organic molecules of life are created (monomers), the next step in the creation of life is to assemble them into large macromolecules (polymers). For example, nucleotides need to be assembled into RNA or DNA; and amino acids need to assemble into proteins.
What makes something living? All living organisms share several key characteristics or functions: order, sensitivity or response to the environment, reproduction, adaptation, growth and development, homeostasis, energy processing, and evolution.
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All groups of living organisms share several key characteristics or functions: order, sensitivity or response to stimuli, reproduction, adaptation, growth and development, regulation, homeostasis, and energy processing. When viewed together, these eight characteristics serve to define life.
