In this chapter we offer a critical analysis of organizational models about the process of
origins of life and, thereby, a reflection about life itself (understood in a general, minimal …

This article proposes an empirical approach to understanding the life of an organism that
overcomes reductionist and dualist conceptions. The approach is based on Immanuel Kant's …

Astrobiology seeks to understand the origin, evolution, distribution and future of life in the
universe and thus to integrate biology with planetary science, astronomy, cosmology, and …

Genetics and molecular biology research have progressed for over a century; however, no
laws of biology resembling those of physics have been identified, despite the expectations of …

Over 160 years after Darwin and 70 years after the discovery of DNA, two fundamental
questions of biology remain unanswered: What differentiates the living from the nonliving …

The definition, origin and recreation of life remain elusive. As others have suggested, only
once we put life into reductionist physical terms will we be able to solve those questions. To …