Ba al dauka mugarik matematikak biologian aplikagarria izateko?
ISSN: 2255-5862
Year of publication: 2010
Issue: 10
Pages: 77-88
Type: Article
More publications in: Ontology studies: Cuadernos de ontología
Abstract
The answer to the title questions appears to be in the negative, at least since the scientific revolution when nature began to be seen as a book written in the language of mathematics. This approach is going to develop further and, by the xxth century, brings forward what I will call a cheerful amazement as exemplified in Wigner 1960 and others. I contrast this attitude with those we my find in several areas of biology where the charm is clearly absent and, as much, a very utilitarian approach is taken. I end up with a brief mention to open-ended evolution as a material case of infinity right at the center of biology.