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...l selection is a highly sophisticated version of a physical process called self-organization, the still poorly understood means by which energy plus matter can equal or

...ial cause) assemble themselves spontaneously into the living thing — self-organization. Although a living system requires a flow of energy and matter through its

*von Foerster H, Zopf GW (eds.) (1962) ''Principles of Self-Organization.'' Pergamon, New York

:* Parts and structures dynamically coordinated (e.g., gene expression; self-organization) — ''Aristotle’s 'efficient' (effect-producing) cause'', how the li

*[[Self-organization]] at the origin of life

{{cite book |title=Dynamic Patterns: The Self-Organization of Brain and Behavior |author=J. A. Scott Kelso |url=http://books.google.co

{{cite book |title=Self-organization and Emergence in Life Sciences |chapter=Introduction |author=Bernard Feltz, ...oks, Cambridge, MA. ISBN 0-7382-0142-1</ref> "''the terms of emergence and self-organization have been considered as synonyms''".]<ref name=minati2007>Minati G, Pessa.

<!--[[Image:Lipid_bilayer_and_micelle.png|thumb|250px|'''Figure 2:''' Self-organization of lipids. A [[lipid bilayer]] is shown on the left and a [[micelle]] on th

...eir development and evolution, their structure and function, their origin, self-organization, the extinction of individuals as well as species, and the genesis of highe

...essing, conversion, deployment and storage of [[energy]] and [[matter]]; [[self-organization]] of hierarchical dynamic [[Biological networks|networks]] and logic circui ...rly embryology: close connections between epigenesis, preformationism, and self-organization ''Ann NY Acad Sci'' 981:7-49 PMID 12547672</ref>

100. Kauffman, S. A. 1993. The Origins of Order: Self-organization and Selection in Evolution. Oxford University Press.

...nition of minimal life and to a logical link with related notions, such as self-organization, emergence, biological autonomy, auto-referentiality, and interactions with ...ropy; [[Metabolism|metabolism]]; information processing and communication; self-organization and self-defense; adaptation; death; (re)production from parents; and, cogn

...(biology)|complex adaptive system]]s, compartmented, self-assembled and [[Self-organization|self-organized]] [[Biological networks|networks]] of interconnected, intera ...ear even in non-biological physical systems. <ref>Cho YS ''et al.'' (2005) Self-organization of bidisperse colloids in water droplets. ''J Am Chem Soc'' 127:15968-75 PM

...evant here. In a nutshell: some for digital computing, some for cybernetic self-organization or dynamical control. Much of the theoretical—and historical—interest i

...rly embryology: close connections between epigenesis, preformationism, and self-organization ''Ann NY Acad Sci'' 981:7-49 PMID 12547672</ref>

...ne environment contributes to the programming of its growth and developing self-organization. When a fetus experiences a suboptimal condition, such as failure of matern

...nition of minimal life and to a logical link with related notions, such as self-organization, emergence, biological autonomy, auto-referentiality, and interactions with *self-assembly, self-organization, self-defense, and self-repair;

...t the substratum level.[...] any such causal analysis must use a theory of self-organization as their starting point, since only a dynamical system promises [...] the p ...''causa efficiencs'' precludes a proper understanding of the dynamics and self-organization of the brain, restricting explanations to an 'outside of the brain' point o

...rly embryology: close connections between epigenesis, preformationism, and self-organization ''Ann NY Acad Sci'' '''981''':7-49 PMID 12547672</ref>

...m the work of [[Life|living]], reducing its internal [[entropy]] through [[self-organization]], increasing its information content, remaining for a lifetime far from th