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| 505 | 8 | |a Intro -- Preface: Why Read This Book -- Contents -- The Evolution of Exaptation, and How Exaptation Survived Dennett's Criticism -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Exaptation: A Brief Archaeology -- 2.1 A Dialectic Between Functions and Forms -- 2.2 Contingency and Exaptation in a Hierarchical Perspective -- 2.3 Niche Construction as a Critique of the Adaptationist Programme -- 3 Dennett's Defence of the Panglossian Paradigm -- 3.1 The Critiques of the Concept of Exaptation in DDI -- 4 Exaptation as an Operational Concept -- 5 From Bacteria to Bach and the Conceptual Objections -- 5.1 The Concept of Umwelt and Its Relationship to Natural Selection -- 5.2 Dennett's 'Conversion' on the Brain-Computer Metaphor -- 6 Conclusion: Homo Sapiens as an Exaptive Species -- 7 Attributions -- References -- Nature-Inspired Optimization Methods: How Ants, Bees, Cuckoos, and Other Friends May Improve the Work of Mathematicians -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Swarm Intelligence Algorithms -- 2.1 The Smell of Ants -- 2.2 Bees and Flowers -- 2.3 Bats and Their Sonars -- 2.4 Grey Wolf Life -- 3 Evolutionary Algorithms -- 3.1 Genetic Algorithms -- 3.2 The Terrible Cuckoo -- References -- Exaptation in Physics and Materials Science -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Exaptation in Theoretical Physics -- 3 Materials Genomes: Accelerating Evolution-Accelerating Exaptation -- 4 Biologically Inspired Materials -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Exaptation for the Good and the Bad: Regeneration and Cancer -- 1 The Most Important Ingredients of Regeneration -- 2 Exaptation in Regeneration -- 3 Most Important Ingredients of Cancer -- 4 Exaptation in Cancer -- 5 Exaptation and the Era of Big Data in Biomedicine -- 6 Acknowledgments -- References -- Quantifying Exaptation in Scientific Evolution -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Exaptation in Science and Technology -- 2 Methodology -- 2.1 Quantifying Exaptation | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 3 Results -- 4 Discussion -- References -- Exaptation and Beyond: Multilevel Function Evolution in Biology and Technology -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Two Exemplary Cases -- 2.1 A Biological Revolution: Breathing Animals -- 2.2 A Technological Revolution: The Bow-and-Arrow -- 3 Multilevel Functions and Their Evolution in Biology -- 3.1 Multilevel Function, a Vertical Description of Biological Complexity -- 3.2 Multifunction, an Attempt to Raise Complexity Horizontally -- 3.3 Multifunction at Multilevel, Multilevel Exaptations -- 4 The Role of Exaptation in Technological Evolution -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- The Role of Affordance Landscapes in Exaptive Innovations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theoretical Background -- 2.1 Affordance Landscape -- 3 Discussion -- 3.1 The Discovery of New Uses -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Mapping Exaptation as Source of Smart Specialization in European Regional Policy Between Tacitness and Codification -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Exaptation: Genesis of the Concept -- 3 Drivers of Exaptation -- 4 Measuring Exaptation -- 5 Exaptation as Driver of Smart Specialization in Regions -- 6 The Map of Exaptive Patenting in European Regions -- 7 Enhancing the Competitiveness of EU Regions Through Smart Specialization and Exaptation Toward Local Industrial Policy Able to Sustain Innovation Ecosystems Trajectories -- 8 Conclusion -- References -- The Technology Second Chance: Leveraging Creativity by Convergence of Serendipity and Exaptation Processes -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Disability and Technology: The "Virtuous Camouflage" of Creative Differences in Personal Competences -- 3 Translating Discoveries in Different Contexts for Emergent Innovation -- 4 Medical Applications and Emergent New Functions by Old Technology -- 5 Discussion and Brief Conclusions -- References | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Innovation-Oriented Programming: Software Development as a Medium for Exaptation and Implications for the Active Facilitation of Innovation Within Virtual Environments -- 1 A Tale of Two Researchers: Serendipitous Exaptation in the Software Domain -- 2 Software's Unique Position: The Characteristics of Evolutionary Biology but with Levers We Can Control -- 3 The Need for a New Software Paradigm: Programming Is Now Efficient Enough to Trade Productivity for Innovation -- 4 Innovation-Oriented Programming: Ideas Are Networks, Computer Programs Should Be Too -- 5 Another Tale of Two Researchers: Facilitated, Instead of Serendipitous, Exaptation in the Software Domain -- 6 Looking to the Future: The Problem with Problem-Solving and Why We Need Actively Facilitated Innovation -- References -- Dancing with the Urban Exaptation -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 On the Nature of the City -- 1.2 On the Main Evolutionary Processes of the City -- 1.3 On the Evolution Speed of Urban Processes -- 1.4 About the Urban Dance -- 2 Urban Dance: Man, Machine, and Urban -- 2.1 From Architecture to City Brain -- 2.2 The Architectural Machine Adventure -- 2.3 The City of Ubiquity -- 2.4 From Ubiquity to Citizen-Environment Interactions -- 2.5 The City Brain -- 2.6 Dilation of the Idea of Space and Dilation of the Idea of Wealth -- 3 Conclusions -- References -- Exaptative Thinking as What Makes Us Human -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Psychological Versus Biological Exaptation -- 3 Exaptive Thinking in Humans Versus Other Species -- 4 Exaptation in the Service of Self-sustaining Organization -- 5 Exaptation in the Clinical Context -- 6 A Quantum Framework for Exaptation -- 7 Summary and Conclusions -- References -- Index | |
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| contents | Intro -- Preface: Why Read This Book -- Contents -- The Evolution of Exaptation, and How Exaptation Survived Dennett's Criticism -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Exaptation: A Brief Archaeology -- 2.1 A Dialectic Between Functions and Forms -- 2.2 Contingency and Exaptation in a Hierarchical Perspective -- 2.3 Niche Construction as a Critique of the Adaptationist Programme -- 3 Dennett's Defence of the Panglossian Paradigm -- 3.1 The Critiques of the Concept of Exaptation in DDI -- 4 Exaptation as an Operational Concept -- 5 From Bacteria to Bach and the Conceptual Objections -- 5.1 The Concept of Umwelt and Its Relationship to Natural Selection -- 5.2 Dennett's 'Conversion' on the Brain-Computer Metaphor -- 6 Conclusion: Homo Sapiens as an Exaptive Species -- 7 Attributions -- References -- Nature-Inspired Optimization Methods: How Ants, Bees, Cuckoos, and Other Friends May Improve the Work of Mathematicians -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Swarm Intelligence Algorithms -- 2.1 The Smell of Ants -- 2.2 Bees and Flowers -- 2.3 Bats and Their Sonars -- 2.4 Grey Wolf Life -- 3 Evolutionary Algorithms -- 3.1 Genetic Algorithms -- 3.2 The Terrible Cuckoo -- References -- Exaptation in Physics and Materials Science -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Exaptation in Theoretical Physics -- 3 Materials Genomes: Accelerating Evolution-Accelerating Exaptation -- 4 Biologically Inspired Materials -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Exaptation for the Good and the Bad: Regeneration and Cancer -- 1 The Most Important Ingredients of Regeneration -- 2 Exaptation in Regeneration -- 3 Most Important Ingredients of Cancer -- 4 Exaptation in Cancer -- 5 Exaptation and the Era of Big Data in Biomedicine -- 6 Acknowledgments -- References -- Quantifying Exaptation in Scientific Evolution -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Exaptation in Science and Technology -- 2 Methodology -- 2.1 Quantifying Exaptation 3 Results -- 4 Discussion -- References -- Exaptation and Beyond: Multilevel Function Evolution in Biology and Technology -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Two Exemplary Cases -- 2.1 A Biological Revolution: Breathing Animals -- 2.2 A Technological Revolution: The Bow-and-Arrow -- 3 Multilevel Functions and Their Evolution in Biology -- 3.1 Multilevel Function, a Vertical Description of Biological Complexity -- 3.2 Multifunction, an Attempt to Raise Complexity Horizontally -- 3.3 Multifunction at Multilevel, Multilevel Exaptations -- 4 The Role of Exaptation in Technological Evolution -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- The Role of Affordance Landscapes in Exaptive Innovations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theoretical Background -- 2.1 Affordance Landscape -- 3 Discussion -- 3.1 The Discovery of New Uses -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Mapping Exaptation as Source of Smart Specialization in European Regional Policy Between Tacitness and Codification -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Exaptation: Genesis of the Concept -- 3 Drivers of Exaptation -- 4 Measuring Exaptation -- 5 Exaptation as Driver of Smart Specialization in Regions -- 6 The Map of Exaptive Patenting in European Regions -- 7 Enhancing the Competitiveness of EU Regions Through Smart Specialization and Exaptation Toward Local Industrial Policy Able to Sustain Innovation Ecosystems Trajectories -- 8 Conclusion -- References -- The Technology Second Chance: Leveraging Creativity by Convergence of Serendipity and Exaptation Processes -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Disability and Technology: The "Virtuous Camouflage" of Creative Differences in Personal Competences -- 3 Translating Discoveries in Different Contexts for Emergent Innovation -- 4 Medical Applications and Emergent New Functions by Old Technology -- 5 Discussion and Brief Conclusions -- References Innovation-Oriented Programming: Software Development as a Medium for Exaptation and Implications for the Active Facilitation of Innovation Within Virtual Environments -- 1 A Tale of Two Researchers: Serendipitous Exaptation in the Software Domain -- 2 Software's Unique Position: The Characteristics of Evolutionary Biology but with Levers We Can Control -- 3 The Need for a New Software Paradigm: Programming Is Now Efficient Enough to Trade Productivity for Innovation -- 4 Innovation-Oriented Programming: Ideas Are Networks, Computer Programs Should Be Too -- 5 Another Tale of Two Researchers: Facilitated, Instead of Serendipitous, Exaptation in the Software Domain -- 6 Looking to the Future: The Problem with Problem-Solving and Why We Need Actively Facilitated Innovation -- References -- Dancing with the Urban Exaptation -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 On the Nature of the City -- 1.2 On the Main Evolutionary Processes of the City -- 1.3 On the Evolution Speed of Urban Processes -- 1.4 About the Urban Dance -- 2 Urban Dance: Man, Machine, and Urban -- 2.1 From Architecture to City Brain -- 2.2 The Architectural Machine Adventure -- 2.3 The City of Ubiquity -- 2.4 From Ubiquity to Citizen-Environment Interactions -- 2.5 The City Brain -- 2.6 Dilation of the Idea of Space and Dilation of the Idea of Wealth -- 3 Conclusions -- References -- Exaptative Thinking as What Makes Us Human -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Psychological Versus Biological Exaptation -- 3 Exaptive Thinking in Humans Versus Other Species -- 4 Exaptation in the Service of Self-sustaining Organization -- 5 Exaptation in the Clinical Context -- 6 A Quantum Framework for Exaptation -- 7 Summary and Conclusions -- References -- Index |
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| spelling | La Porta, Caterina Am Verfasser aut Understanding Innovation Through Exaptation Cham Springer International Publishing AG 2020 ©2020 1 Online-Ressource (199 pages) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier The Frontiers Collection Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources Intro -- Preface: Why Read This Book -- Contents -- The Evolution of Exaptation, and How Exaptation Survived Dennett's Criticism -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Exaptation: A Brief Archaeology -- 2.1 A Dialectic Between Functions and Forms -- 2.2 Contingency and Exaptation in a Hierarchical Perspective -- 2.3 Niche Construction as a Critique of the Adaptationist Programme -- 3 Dennett's Defence of the Panglossian Paradigm -- 3.1 The Critiques of the Concept of Exaptation in DDI -- 4 Exaptation as an Operational Concept -- 5 From Bacteria to Bach and the Conceptual Objections -- 5.1 The Concept of Umwelt and Its Relationship to Natural Selection -- 5.2 Dennett's 'Conversion' on the Brain-Computer Metaphor -- 6 Conclusion: Homo Sapiens as an Exaptive Species -- 7 Attributions -- References -- Nature-Inspired Optimization Methods: How Ants, Bees, Cuckoos, and Other Friends May Improve the Work of Mathematicians -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Swarm Intelligence Algorithms -- 2.1 The Smell of Ants -- 2.2 Bees and Flowers -- 2.3 Bats and Their Sonars -- 2.4 Grey Wolf Life -- 3 Evolutionary Algorithms -- 3.1 Genetic Algorithms -- 3.2 The Terrible Cuckoo -- References -- Exaptation in Physics and Materials Science -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Exaptation in Theoretical Physics -- 3 Materials Genomes: Accelerating Evolution-Accelerating Exaptation -- 4 Biologically Inspired Materials -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Exaptation for the Good and the Bad: Regeneration and Cancer -- 1 The Most Important Ingredients of Regeneration -- 2 Exaptation in Regeneration -- 3 Most Important Ingredients of Cancer -- 4 Exaptation in Cancer -- 5 Exaptation and the Era of Big Data in Biomedicine -- 6 Acknowledgments -- References -- Quantifying Exaptation in Scientific Evolution -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Exaptation in Science and Technology -- 2 Methodology -- 2.1 Quantifying Exaptation 3 Results -- 4 Discussion -- References -- Exaptation and Beyond: Multilevel Function Evolution in Biology and Technology -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Two Exemplary Cases -- 2.1 A Biological Revolution: Breathing Animals -- 2.2 A Technological Revolution: The Bow-and-Arrow -- 3 Multilevel Functions and Their Evolution in Biology -- 3.1 Multilevel Function, a Vertical Description of Biological Complexity -- 3.2 Multifunction, an Attempt to Raise Complexity Horizontally -- 3.3 Multifunction at Multilevel, Multilevel Exaptations -- 4 The Role of Exaptation in Technological Evolution -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- The Role of Affordance Landscapes in Exaptive Innovations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theoretical Background -- 2.1 Affordance Landscape -- 3 Discussion -- 3.1 The Discovery of New Uses -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Mapping Exaptation as Source of Smart Specialization in European Regional Policy Between Tacitness and Codification -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Exaptation: Genesis of the Concept -- 3 Drivers of Exaptation -- 4 Measuring Exaptation -- 5 Exaptation as Driver of Smart Specialization in Regions -- 6 The Map of Exaptive Patenting in European Regions -- 7 Enhancing the Competitiveness of EU Regions Through Smart Specialization and Exaptation Toward Local Industrial Policy Able to Sustain Innovation Ecosystems Trajectories -- 8 Conclusion -- References -- The Technology Second Chance: Leveraging Creativity by Convergence of Serendipity and Exaptation Processes -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Disability and Technology: The "Virtuous Camouflage" of Creative Differences in Personal Competences -- 3 Translating Discoveries in Different Contexts for Emergent Innovation -- 4 Medical Applications and Emergent New Functions by Old Technology -- 5 Discussion and Brief Conclusions -- References Innovation-Oriented Programming: Software Development as a Medium for Exaptation and Implications for the Active Facilitation of Innovation Within Virtual Environments -- 1 A Tale of Two Researchers: Serendipitous Exaptation in the Software Domain -- 2 Software's Unique Position: The Characteristics of Evolutionary Biology but with Levers We Can Control -- 3 The Need for a New Software Paradigm: Programming Is Now Efficient Enough to Trade Productivity for Innovation -- 4 Innovation-Oriented Programming: Ideas Are Networks, Computer Programs Should Be Too -- 5 Another Tale of Two Researchers: Facilitated, Instead of Serendipitous, Exaptation in the Software Domain -- 6 Looking to the Future: The Problem with Problem-Solving and Why We Need Actively Facilitated Innovation -- References -- Dancing with the Urban Exaptation -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 On the Nature of the City -- 1.2 On the Main Evolutionary Processes of the City -- 1.3 On the Evolution Speed of Urban Processes -- 1.4 About the Urban Dance -- 2 Urban Dance: Man, Machine, and Urban -- 2.1 From Architecture to City Brain -- 2.2 The Architectural Machine Adventure -- 2.3 The City of Ubiquity -- 2.4 From Ubiquity to Citizen-Environment Interactions -- 2.5 The City Brain -- 2.6 Dilation of the Idea of Space and Dilation of the Idea of Wealth -- 3 Conclusions -- References -- Exaptative Thinking as What Makes Us Human -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Psychological Versus Biological Exaptation -- 3 Exaptive Thinking in Humans Versus Other Species -- 4 Exaptation in the Service of Self-sustaining Organization -- 5 Exaptation in the Clinical Context -- 6 A Quantum Framework for Exaptation -- 7 Summary and Conclusions -- References -- Index Technological innovations Zapperi, Stefano Sonstige oth Pilotti, Luciano Sonstige oth Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe La Porta, Caterina Am Understanding Innovation Through Exaptation Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2020 9783030457839 |
| spellingShingle | La Porta, Caterina Am Understanding Innovation Through Exaptation Intro -- Preface: Why Read This Book -- Contents -- The Evolution of Exaptation, and How Exaptation Survived Dennett's Criticism -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Exaptation: A Brief Archaeology -- 2.1 A Dialectic Between Functions and Forms -- 2.2 Contingency and Exaptation in a Hierarchical Perspective -- 2.3 Niche Construction as a Critique of the Adaptationist Programme -- 3 Dennett's Defence of the Panglossian Paradigm -- 3.1 The Critiques of the Concept of Exaptation in DDI -- 4 Exaptation as an Operational Concept -- 5 From Bacteria to Bach and the Conceptual Objections -- 5.1 The Concept of Umwelt and Its Relationship to Natural Selection -- 5.2 Dennett's 'Conversion' on the Brain-Computer Metaphor -- 6 Conclusion: Homo Sapiens as an Exaptive Species -- 7 Attributions -- References -- Nature-Inspired Optimization Methods: How Ants, Bees, Cuckoos, and Other Friends May Improve the Work of Mathematicians -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Swarm Intelligence Algorithms -- 2.1 The Smell of Ants -- 2.2 Bees and Flowers -- 2.3 Bats and Their Sonars -- 2.4 Grey Wolf Life -- 3 Evolutionary Algorithms -- 3.1 Genetic Algorithms -- 3.2 The Terrible Cuckoo -- References -- Exaptation in Physics and Materials Science -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Exaptation in Theoretical Physics -- 3 Materials Genomes: Accelerating Evolution-Accelerating Exaptation -- 4 Biologically Inspired Materials -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Exaptation for the Good and the Bad: Regeneration and Cancer -- 1 The Most Important Ingredients of Regeneration -- 2 Exaptation in Regeneration -- 3 Most Important Ingredients of Cancer -- 4 Exaptation in Cancer -- 5 Exaptation and the Era of Big Data in Biomedicine -- 6 Acknowledgments -- References -- Quantifying Exaptation in Scientific Evolution -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Exaptation in Science and Technology -- 2 Methodology -- 2.1 Quantifying Exaptation 3 Results -- 4 Discussion -- References -- Exaptation and Beyond: Multilevel Function Evolution in Biology and Technology -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Two Exemplary Cases -- 2.1 A Biological Revolution: Breathing Animals -- 2.2 A Technological Revolution: The Bow-and-Arrow -- 3 Multilevel Functions and Their Evolution in Biology -- 3.1 Multilevel Function, a Vertical Description of Biological Complexity -- 3.2 Multifunction, an Attempt to Raise Complexity Horizontally -- 3.3 Multifunction at Multilevel, Multilevel Exaptations -- 4 The Role of Exaptation in Technological Evolution -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- The Role of Affordance Landscapes in Exaptive Innovations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theoretical Background -- 2.1 Affordance Landscape -- 3 Discussion -- 3.1 The Discovery of New Uses -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Mapping Exaptation as Source of Smart Specialization in European Regional Policy Between Tacitness and Codification -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Exaptation: Genesis of the Concept -- 3 Drivers of Exaptation -- 4 Measuring Exaptation -- 5 Exaptation as Driver of Smart Specialization in Regions -- 6 The Map of Exaptive Patenting in European Regions -- 7 Enhancing the Competitiveness of EU Regions Through Smart Specialization and Exaptation Toward Local Industrial Policy Able to Sustain Innovation Ecosystems Trajectories -- 8 Conclusion -- References -- The Technology Second Chance: Leveraging Creativity by Convergence of Serendipity and Exaptation Processes -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Disability and Technology: The "Virtuous Camouflage" of Creative Differences in Personal Competences -- 3 Translating Discoveries in Different Contexts for Emergent Innovation -- 4 Medical Applications and Emergent New Functions by Old Technology -- 5 Discussion and Brief Conclusions -- References Innovation-Oriented Programming: Software Development as a Medium for Exaptation and Implications for the Active Facilitation of Innovation Within Virtual Environments -- 1 A Tale of Two Researchers: Serendipitous Exaptation in the Software Domain -- 2 Software's Unique Position: The Characteristics of Evolutionary Biology but with Levers We Can Control -- 3 The Need for a New Software Paradigm: Programming Is Now Efficient Enough to Trade Productivity for Innovation -- 4 Innovation-Oriented Programming: Ideas Are Networks, Computer Programs Should Be Too -- 5 Another Tale of Two Researchers: Facilitated, Instead of Serendipitous, Exaptation in the Software Domain -- 6 Looking to the Future: The Problem with Problem-Solving and Why We Need Actively Facilitated Innovation -- References -- Dancing with the Urban Exaptation -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 On the Nature of the City -- 1.2 On the Main Evolutionary Processes of the City -- 1.3 On the Evolution Speed of Urban Processes -- 1.4 About the Urban Dance -- 2 Urban Dance: Man, Machine, and Urban -- 2.1 From Architecture to City Brain -- 2.2 The Architectural Machine Adventure -- 2.3 The City of Ubiquity -- 2.4 From Ubiquity to Citizen-Environment Interactions -- 2.5 The City Brain -- 2.6 Dilation of the Idea of Space and Dilation of the Idea of Wealth -- 3 Conclusions -- References -- Exaptative Thinking as What Makes Us Human -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Psychological Versus Biological Exaptation -- 3 Exaptive Thinking in Humans Versus Other Species -- 4 Exaptation in the Service of Self-sustaining Organization -- 5 Exaptation in the Clinical Context -- 6 A Quantum Framework for Exaptation -- 7 Summary and Conclusions -- References -- Index Technological innovations |
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