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On genetic information and genetic coding
pp. 387-400
Abstrakt
One of the most striking developments in recent biology has been the proliferation of concepts such as coding, information, representation and programming, especially applied to genes. The idea that genes can be described as having semantic properties, as well as ordinary causal properties, has become so uncontroversial in many quarters that it now appears prominently in biology textbooks. Scott Gilbert's widely used developmental biology text, to pick just one example, tell us that "the inherited information needed for development and metabolism is encoded in the DNA sequences of the chromosomes' (Gilbert 1997, p. 5).
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Grdenfors Peter, Gärdenfors Peter, Woleński Jan, Kijania-Placek Katarzyna (2002) In the scope of logic, methodology and philosophy of science II: 11th international congress of logic, methodology and philosophy of science, cracow, august 1999. Dordrecht, Springer.
Seiten: 387-400
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-0475-5_2
Referenz:
Godfrey-Smith Peter (2002) „On genetic information and genetic coding“, In: P. Grdenfors, P. Gärdenfors, J. Woleński & K. Kijania-Placek (eds.), In the scope of logic, methodology and philosophy of science II, Dordrecht, Springer, 387–400.