26. KINDS OF SIGNS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. FOREWORD xi
4. I OVERVIEW
5. 1. THE MYSTERY OF PURPOSE 3
6. 2. THE BIGGEST MYSTERY WE EVER IGNORE 17
7. 3. DEACON’S SOLUTION IN BRIEF 28
8. II FRAMING THE MYSTERY
9. 4. TWO SOURCES OF CHANGE 41
10. 5. SELVES 45
11. 6. TWO GHOSTS, TWO MACHINES 50
12. 7. INTERPRETATION 56
13. 8. AIMS 63
14. 9. EVOLUTION’S LIMITED LIMITING ROLE 69
15. III DEAD ENDS, LIVE CLUES
16. 10. THE HISTORY 77
17. 11. EVOLUTIONARY THEORY’S ELUSIVE SELF 82
18. 12. INFORMATION ABOUT NOTHING FOR ANYONE 86
19. 13. THE ENGINEERED GHOSTS IN OUR MACHINES 91
20. 14. SMALL IS DUBIOUS 99
21. IV GROUNDING A SOLUTION
22. 15. PROCESSES OF EMERGENT ELIMINATION 107
23. 16. SECOND LAW IRREGULARITY 115
24. 17. EMERGENT REGULARIZATION 125
25. 18. EMERGENT REGULARIZATION VS. EMERGENT SELF-REGENERATION 132
26. 19. OTHER EMERGENT REGULARIZATION DYNAMICS 137
27. 20. COUPLED REGULARIZATION PROCESSES 149
28. V DEACON’S SOLUTION
29. 21. AUTOGENS: SELF-GENERATORS 161
30. 22. EVOLVED AUTOGENS 172
31. 23. WHERE IS THE SELF? 185
32. 24. THE CONSEQUENCES OF SELF-REGENERATION 193
33. VI THE INTERPRETING SELF
34. 25. CODES, SIGNS, INTERPRETERS 205
35. 26. KINDS OF SIGNS 217
36. VII IMPLICATIONS
37. 27. A CONSTRAINT-BASED APPROACH TO EVOLUTIONARY THEORY 233
38. 28. IMPLICATIONS FOR THE FREE WILL DEBATE? 244
39. 29. MAKING SCIENCE SAFE FOR VALUE 256
40. Acknowledgments 267
41. Appendix 271
42. Notes 279
43. Index 289