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1、FROMCOMPLEXITYTOLIFEOntheEmergenceofLifeandMeaningEditedbyNielsHenrikGregersen120033OxfordNewYorkAucklandBangkokBuenosAiresCapeTownChennaiDaresSalaamDelhiHongKongIstanbulKarachiKolkataKualaLumpurMadridMelbourneMexicoCityMumbaiNairobiSãoPaoloShanghaiTaipeiTokyoTorontoCopyright©2003byOxfor
2、dUniversityPress,Inc.PublishedbyOxfordUniversityPress,Inc.198MadisonAvenue,NewYork,NewYork10016www.oup.comOxfordisaregisteredtrademarkofOxfordUniversityPressAllrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedinaretrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,me
3、chanical,photocopying,recording,orotherwise,withoutthepriorpermissionofOxfordUniversityPress.LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationDataFromcomplexitytolife:ontheemergenceoflifeandmeaning/editedbyNielsHenrikGregersen.p.cm.Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.ISBN0-19-515070-81.Re
4、ligionandscience—Congresses.2.Complexity(Philosophy)—Congresses.I.Gregersen,NielsHenrik,1956–BL240.3.F762002501—dc212001052389246897531PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmericaonacidfreepapertwoacknowledgmentsThisvolumeofessayscameoutofaresearchsymposium,“Complexity,Information,andDesign:ACritic
5、alAppraisal,”heldinSantaFe,NewMexico,onOctober14–16,1999.LedbythephysicistPaulDavies,10mathematicians,physicists,theoreticalbiologists,andtheologiansmetundertheaegisoftheJohnTempletonFoundationinordertoexplorethebroaderissuesraisedbyinformationtheoryandcomplexitystudies,inparticulartheir
6、impactonourworldviewandsenseofmeaning.WewishtothanktheJohnTempletonFoundationforitssustainedinterestinthefieldofcomplexityresearch,aninterestalsomarkedbythepresenceofSirJohnTempletonandtheexecutivedirectoroftheFoundation,Dr.CharlesL.Harper,attheSantaFesymposium.Weoweaspecialthankstosenio
7、rfellowDr.MaryAnnMeyers,whocoorganizedthesymposiumandhelpedtheeditorialprocesswithhercharacteristicblendofefficiencyandhumor.Whileacknowledgingthatweareonlybeginningtounderstand,wehopethatwehavebeenabletosummarizesomekeyelementsinrecentresearchandtoprovidearoadmapforfutur
