A controversy about chance and the origins of life: thermodynamicist Ilya Prigogine replies to molecular biologist Jacques Monod.

IF 1.6 3区 哲学 Q1 HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
Emanuel Bertrand
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Abstract

The ancient, interlinked questions about the role of chance in the living world and the origins of life, gained new relevance with the development of molecular biology in the twentieth century. In 1970, French molecular biologist Jacques Monod, joint winner of the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, devoted a popular book on modern biology and its philosophical implications to these questions, which was quickly translated into English as Chance and Necessity. Nine years later, Belgian thermodynamicist Ilya Prigogine, 1977 winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, published a popular book on the history and philosophy of natural sciences with Belgian philosopher Isabelle Stengers. Translated into English under the title Order out of Chaos and widely discussed, the whole book can be seen as a response to Monod on these biological and philosophical questions. This study will trace this intellectual controversy between two Nobel Prize winners defending two opposing scientific and philosophical visions of the living world, rooted in two different scientific disciplines.

关于机遇和生命起源的争论:热力学家伊利亚·普里高津对分子生物学家雅克·莫诺的回复。
关于机遇在生命世界中的作用和生命起源的古老的、相互关联的问题,随着20世纪分子生物学的发展获得了新的相关性。1970年,法国分子生物学家、1965年诺贝尔生理学或医学奖的共同获得者雅克·莫诺(Jacques Monod)专门撰写了一本关于现代生物学及其哲学含义的畅销书,该书很快被翻译成英文,书名为《机会与必然性》(Chance and Necessity)。9年后,1977年诺贝尔化学奖得主、比利时热力学家伊利亚·普里高津(Ilya Prigogine)与比利时哲学家伊莎贝尔·斯坦格斯(Isabelle Stengers)共同出版了一本关于自然科学历史和哲学的畅销书。整本书被翻译成英文,书名为《混沌中的秩序》,并被广泛讨论,可以看作是对莫诺德在这些生物学和哲学问题上的回应。本研究将追踪两位诺贝尔奖得主之间的智力争论,他们捍卫两种对立的科学和哲学观点,这两种观点根植于两种不同的科学学科。
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History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences
History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences 综合性期刊-科学史与科学哲学
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期刊介绍: History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences is an interdisciplinary journal committed to providing an integrative approach to understanding the life sciences. It welcomes submissions from historians, philosophers, biologists, physicians, ethicists and scholars in the social studies of science. Contributors are expected to offer broad and interdisciplinary perspectives on the development of biology, biomedicine and related fields, especially as these perspectives illuminate the foundations, development, and/or implications of scientific practices and related developments. Submissions which are collaborative and feature different disciplinary approaches are especially encouraged, as are submissions written by senior and junior scholars (including graduate students).
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