Gaia 2 : emergence : the new science of becoming

This exciting volume brings together an international gathering of scientists and philosophers concerned with the fate of our planet. Based on a conference held in Perugia, Italy, this collection of papers and symposia confirms Heisenberg's saying that "real science" is made in the conversations of scientists. In it, we see what is perhaps the most important scientific idea of the twentieth century taking shape before our eyes.

Contributors include: James Lovelock and Lynn Margulis, Francisco Varela, Evan Thompson, Arthur Zajonc, Wes Jackson, John Todd and Nancy Jack Todd, Susan Oyama, Gianluca Bocchi, and Mauro Ceruti.

Introduction: The Imagination of a New Science and the Emergence of a Planetary Culture	p. 11
1 Gaia: A Planetary Emergent Phenomenon	p. 30
2 Two Plus Three Equal One: Individuals Emerge from Bacterial Communities	p. 50
3 Immu-knowledge: The Process of Somatic Individuation	p. 68
4 Perception and the Emergence of Color	p. 86
5 Light and Cognition	p. 111
6 Hierarchical Levels, Emergent Qualities, Ecosystems, and the Ground for a New Agriculture	p. 132
7 Biology as a Basis for Design	p. 154
8 The Conceptualization of Nature: Nature as Design	p. 171
9 Emergence and Transcendence in Evolution	p. 185
Symposium From Biology to Cognitive Science: General Symposium on the Cultural Implications of the Idea of Emergence in the Fields of Biology, Cognitive Science, and Philosophy	p. 210
Conclusion: Politics Becoming a Planet	p. 249
Notes on Contributors	p. 271

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