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How Molecules Became Signs by Deacon, Terrence W.

“…To explore how molecules became signs I will ask: “What sort of process is necessary and sufficient to treat a molecule as a sign?” This requires focusing on…”
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A degenerative process underlying hierarchic transitions in evolution by Deacon, Terrence W.

“…This paper describes an evolutionary process likely involved in hierarchic transitions in biological evolution at many levels, from genetics to social…”
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A role for relaxed selection in the evolution of the language capacity by Deacon, Terrence W.

“…Explaining the extravagant complexity of the human language and our competence to acquire it has long posed challenges for natural selection theory. To answer…”
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A thermodynamic basis for teleological causality by Deacon, Terrence W, García-Valdecasas, Miguel

“…We show how distinct terminally disposed self-organizing processes can be linked together so that they collectively suppress each other's self-undermining…”
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Minimal Properties of a Natural Semiotic System: Response to Commentaries on “How Molecules Became Signs” by Deacon, Terrence W.

“…In the target article “How molecules became signs” I offer a molecular “thought experiment” that provides a paradigm for resolving the major incompatibilities…”
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Metabolic hypothesis for human altriciality by Dunsworth, Holly M, Warrener, Anna G, Deacon, Terrence, Ellison, Peter T, Pontzer, Herman

“…The classic anthropological hypothesis known as the “obstetrical dilemma” is a well-known explanation for human altriciality, a condition that has significant…”
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Cognition is entangled with metabolism: relevance for resting-state EEG-fMRI by Jacob, Michael, Ford, Judith, Deacon, Terrence

“…The brain is a living organ with distinct metabolic constraints. However, these constraints are typically considered as secondary or supportive of information…”
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Origins of biological teleology: how constraints represent ends by García-Valdecasas, Miguel, Deacon, Terrence W.

“…To naturalize the concept of teleological causality in biology it is not enough to avoid assuming backward causation or positing the existence of an…”
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Language Development From an Ecological Perspective: Ecologically Valid Ways to Abstract Symbols by Rączaszek-Leonardi, Joanna, Nomikou, Iris, Rohlfing, Katharina J., Deacon, Terrence W.

“…In the embodied, situated, enacted and distributed approaches to cognition, the coordinative role of language comes to the fore. Language, with its symbolic…”
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The transition from constraint to regulation at the origin of life by Deacon, Terrence W, Srivastava, Alok, Bacigalupi, J Augustus

“…The origin of living dynamics required a local evasion of thermodynamic degradation by maintaining critical dynamical and structural constraints. Scenarios for…”
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Abandoning the code metaphor is compatible with semiotic process by Deacon, Terrence W, Rączaszek-Leonardi, Joanna

“…We agree with Brette's assessment that the coding metaphor has become more problematic than helpful for theories of brain and cognitive functioning. In an…”
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Biological functions are causes, not effects: A critique of selected effects theories by García-Valdecasas, Miguel, Deacon, Terrence W.

“…The theory of Selected Effects (SE) is currently the most widely accepted etiological account of function in biology. It argues that the function of any trait…”
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Reconsidering Darwin’s “Several Powers” by Deacon, Terrence W.

“…Contemporary textbooks often define evolution in terms of the replication, mutation, and selective retention of DNA sequences, ignoring the contribution of the…”
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Complexity and Dynamical Depth by Deacon, Terrence, Koutroufinis, Spyridon

“…We argue that a critical difference distinguishing machines from organisms and computers from brains is not complexity in a structural sense, but a difference…”
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Steps to a Metaphysics of Incompleteness by Deacon, Terrence W., Cashman, Tyrone

“…Theology and Science Steps to a Metaphysics of Incompleteness…”
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Hidden Concepts in the History and Philosophy of Origins-of-Life Studies: a Workshop Report by Mariscal, Carlos, Barahona, Ana, Aubert-Kato, Nathanael, Aydinoglu, Arsev Umur, Bartlett, Stuart, Cárdenas, María Luz, Chandru, Kuhan, Cleland, Carol, Cocanougher, Benjamin T., Comfort, Nathaniel, Cornish-Bowden, Athel, Deacon, Terrence, Froese, Tom, Giovannelli, Donato, Hernlund, John, Hut, Piet, Kimura, Jun, Maurel, Marie-Christine, Merino, Nancy, Moreno, Alvaro, Nakagawa, Mayuko, Peretó, Juli, Virgo, Nathaniel, Witkowski, Olaf, James Cleaves, H.

“…In this review, we describe some of the central philosophical issues facing origins-of-life research and provide a targeted history of the developments that…”
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Deacon and Cashman respond to Green, Pryor, Tabaczek, and Moritz by Deacon, Terrence W., Cashman, Tyrone

“…Theology and Science Deacon and Cashman respond to Green, Pryor, Tabaczek, and Moritz…”
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Transplanted Fetal Striatum in Huntington's Disease: Phenotypic Development and Lack of Pathology by Freeman, T B, Cicchetti, F, Hauser, R A, Deacon, T W, Li, X J, Hersch, S M, Nauert, G M, Sanberg, P R, Kordower, J H, Saporta, S, Isacson, O

“…Neural and stem cell transplantation is emerging as a potential treatment for neurodegenerative diseases. Transplantation of specific committed neuroblasts…”
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Tri-partite complex for axonal transport drug delivery achieves pharmacological effect by Filler, Aaron G, Whiteside, Garth T, Bacon, Mark, Frederickson, Martyn, Howe, Franklyn A, Rabinowitz, Miri D, Sokoloff, Alan J, Deacon, Terrence W, Abell, Chris, Munglani, Raj, Griffiths, John R, Bell, B Anthony, Lever, Andrew M L

“…Targeted delivery of pharmaceutical agents into selected populations of CNS (Central Nervous System) neurons is an extremely compelling goal. Currently,…”
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Teleology for the Perplexed: How Matter Began to Matter by Sherman, Jeremy, Deacon, Terrence W.

“…Lacking a plausible model for the emergence of telos (purposive, representational, and evaluative relationships, as in life and consciousness) from simple…”
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