El enfoque jerárquico en el núcleo de los planteamientos organicistas y sistémicos en biología
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https://doi.org/10.24310/Contrastescontrastes.v0i0.1185Abstract
RESUMEN
Si los elementos conceptuales que caracterizan el organicismo del siglo XX son la centralidad del organismo, la perspectiva sistémica y el pensamiento jerárquico en términos de niveles de organización, planteo que el enfoque jerárquico es la «marca» de una perspectiva propia o genuinamente sistémica. De forma complementaria, defiendo que la ausencia de un enfoque genuinamente jerárquico en algunas propuestas actuales, por ejemplo, en el campo de la emergente biología de sistemas, es indicativo del diferente origen y ambición de tales planteamientos. Como ilustración específica de este planteamiento presento la larga trayectoria del trabajo experimental y teórico de Paul A. Weiss.
PALABRAS CLAVE
BIOLOGÍA SISTÉMICA, JERARQUÍA, ORGANICISMO, PAUL A. WEISS
ABSTRACT
If the conceptual traits that characterize XXth century organicism are centrality of the organism, systemic perspective, and hierarchical thinking in terms of levels of organization, I maintain that hierarchical thinking is the «mark» of a properly or genuinely systemic perspective. Complementarily, I claim that the absence of a genuinely hierarchical approach in some current proposals as, for instance, within the emerging area of systems biology reveals the diverse origin and ambition of those positions. As a specific example I present the long trajectory of experimental and theoretical work of Paul A. Weiss.
KEYWORDS
SYSTEMS BIOLOGY, HIERARCHY, ORGANICISM, PAUL A. WEISS
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