Entropy in Evolution
Daniel R.Brooks and E.O.Wiley have proposed a theory of evolution in which fitness is merely a rate determining factor.Evolution is driven by non-equilibrinm processes which increase the entropy and information content of species together.Evolution can occur without environmental selection, since increased complexity and organization result from the likely ”capture” at the species level of random variations produced at the chemical level.Speciation can occur as the result of variation within the species which decreases the probability of sharing genetic information.Critics of the Brooks-Wiley theory argue that they have abused terminology from information theory and thermodynamics.In this paper I review the essentials of the theory, and give an account of hierarchical physical information systems within which the theory can be interpreted.I then show how the major conceptual objections can be answered.
Entropy evolution information thermodynamics
John Collier
Department of Philosophy University of Calgary Calgary,Alberta T2N 1N4
国内会议
西安
英文
352-368
2013-10-18（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）