Malaterre, Christophe (2009) Are self-organizing biochemical networks emergent? [Preprint]

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Abstract

Biochemical networks are often called upon to illustrate emergent properties of living systems. In this contribution, I question such emergentist claims by means of theoretical work on genetic regulatory models and random Boolean networks. If the existence of a critical connectivity Kc of such networks has often been coined “emergent” or “irreducible”, I propose on the contrary that the existence of a critical connectivity Kc is indeed mathematically explainable in network theory. This conclusion also applies to many other types of formal networks and weakens the emergentist claim attached to bio-molecular networks, and by extension to living systems.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Malaterre, Christophe
Additional Information:	Free access article published in: http://www.origins-and-evolution.org/index.php?option=com_article&access=standard&Itemid=129&url=/articles/orvie/abs/2009/01/orvie08010/orvie08010.html
Keywords:	Emergence, random boolean networks, critical connectivity, genetic regulatory models
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Biology General Issues > Reductionism/Holism
Depositing User:	Christophe Malaterre
Date Deposited:	16 Jun 2010
Last Modified:	07 Oct 2010 15:19
Item ID:	5413
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Biology General Issues > Reductionism/Holism
Date:	September 2009
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/5413

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