@misc{Lexicon of Arguments, title = {Quotation from: Lexicon of Arguments – Concepts - Ed. Martin Schulz, 28 Mar 2024}, author = {Kauffman,Stuart}, subject = {Systems}, note = {I 176 Def "Supracritical Behavior"/Kauffman: here: abrupt increase in the diversity of the biosphere. Similar to a nuclear chain reaction. While the biosphere as a whole is supracritical, like a mass of split atomic nuclei, the individual cells that make up the biosphere must be subcritical. This protects the system from chaos. ((s) e.g. So that a house can be built from bricks, not from crumbs.). I 189 System/cell/order/evolution/supracritical/Kauffman: the fact that we eat our food and do not merge with it indicates a fundamental fact: Biosphere: supracritical Cells: subcritical If we merged with our food, a supercritical explosion would be triggered in the organism. >Terminology/Kauffman.}, note = { Kau II Stuart Kauffman At Home in the Universe: The Search for the Laws of Self-Organization and Complexity New York 1995 Kauffman I St. Kauffman At Home in the Universe, New York 1995 German Edition: Der Öltropfen im Wasser. Chaos, Komplexität, Selbstorganisation in Natur und Gesellschaft München 1998 }, file = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=424702} url = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=424702} }