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Artificial Life

Mark A. Bedau, Editor
Fall 1993/Winter 1994, Vol. 1, No. 1_2, Pages 211-227
(doi: 10.1162/artl.1993.1.1_2.211)
© 1994 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Beyond Digital Naturalism
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Walter Fontana
Santa Fe Institute, 1660 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe, NM 87501 USA. walter@sfi.santafe.edu
Günter Wagner
Department of Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511 USA. gpwag@yalevm.ycc.yale.edu
Leo W. Buss
Department of Biology, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511 USA. Leo_Buss@quickmail.cis.yale.edu
Abstract

The success of Artificial Life (ALife) depends on whether it will help solve the conceptual problems of biology. Biology may be viewed as the science of the transformation of organizations. Yet biology lacks a theory of organization. We use this as an example of the challenge that ALife must meet.