Some resonances between Eastern thought and Integral Biomathics in the framework of the WLIMES formalism for modeling living systems

Forty-two years ago, Capra published “The Tao of Physics” (Capra, 1975). In this book (page 17) he writes: “The exploration of the atomic and subatomic world in the twentieth century has …. necessitated a radical revision of many of our basic concepts” and that, unlike ‘classical’ physics, the sub-a...

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Published in:Progress in biophysics and molecular biology 2017-12, Vol.131, p.193-212
Main Authors: Simeonov, Plamen L., Ehresmann, Andrée C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Artificial/synthetic and natural life
Biology - methods
Eastern philosophy
Higher-order logic
Integral Biomathics
Logic
Mathematics
Memory Evolutive Systems
Models, Biological
Phenomenology
Philosophy
Wandering Logic Intelligence
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Summary:Forty-two years ago, Capra published “The Tao of Physics” (Capra, 1975). In this book (page 17) he writes: “The exploration of the atomic and subatomic world in the twentieth century has …. necessitated a radical revision of many of our basic concepts” and that, unlike ‘classical’ physics, the sub-atomic and quantum “modern physics” shows resonances with Eastern thoughts and “leads us to a view of the world which is very similar to the views held by mystics of all ages and traditions.“ This article stresses an analogous situation in biology with respect to a new theoretical approach for studying living systems, Integral Biomathics (IB), which also exhibits some resonances with Eastern thought. Stepping on earlier research in cybernetics1 and theoretical biology,2 IB has been developed since 2011 by over 100 scientists from a number of disciplines who have been exploring a substantial set of theoretical frameworks. From that effort, the need for a robust core model utilizing advanced mathematics and computation adequate for understanding the behavior of organisms as dynamic wholes was identified. At this end, the authors of this article have proposed WLIMES (Ehresmann and Simeonov, 2012), a formal theory for modeling living systems integrating both the Memory Evolutive Systems (Ehresmann and Vanbremeersch, 2007) and the Wandering Logic Intelligence (Simeonov, 2002b). Its principles will be recalled here with respect to their resonances to Eastern thought.
ISSN:0079-6107
1873-1732
DOI:10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2017.05.014