Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Preface VII
4. 1. An Introduction: Structure and Representation of the World 1
5. 2. The Individual Entity 19
6. 3. Some Basics of Hierarchical Structure 39
7. 4. Representing a Dynamic System Hierarchically: The Basic Triadic System 67
8. 5. Representing a Dynamic System Hierarchically: The Nontransitivity of Effects Across Levels 115
9. 6. The Explicit Elaboration of a Hierarchy of Nature 161
10. 7. Organic Evolution and the Hierarchy of Nature 185
11. 8. Organic Evolution: Its Origin and Hierarchical Structure 249
12. Appendix 273
13. Glossary 279
14. References 311
15. Index 331