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On the definition of life

Journal for General Philosophy of Science, 1994
Schrodinger's definition of life needs a slight modification to absorb the criticism of it. It is the comparison of the entropy level of a system before and after a process which makes one view it as living: we consider the stability of the deviation from the probable a sign of life.
Joseph Agassi, Abel Schejter
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Towards a General Definition of Life

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres, 2019
A new definition of life is proposed and discussed in the present article. It is formulated by modifying and extending NASA's working definition of life, which postulates that life is a "self-sustaining chemical system capable of Darwinian evolution".
Marko, Vitas, Andrej, Dobovišek
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Definitely Life but not Definitively

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres, 2006
Although there have been attempts at a definition of life from many disciplines, none is accepted by all as definitive. Some people believe that it is impossible to define 'life' adequately at the moment. We agree with this point of view on linguistic grounds, examining the different types of definition, the contexts in which they are used and their ...
Joan D, Oliver, Randall S, Perry
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Towards a Definition of Life

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, 2010
This article offers a new definition of life as a “self-contained, self-regulating, self-organizing, self-reproducing, interconnected, open thermodynamic network of component parts which performs work, existing in a complex regime which combines stability and adaptability in the phase transition between order and chaos, as a plant, animal, fungus ...
Peter T, Macklem, Andrew, Seely
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A Conversation on Definition of Life

Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 2012
(2012). A Conversation on Definition of Life. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics: Vol. 29, No. 4, pp. 597-598.
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A new definition of life

Chirality, 2008
AbstractChirality is often glossed over in theoretical or experimental discussions concerning the origin of life, but the ubiquity of homochiral building blocks in known biological systems demands explanation. Information theory can provide a quantitative framework for understanding the role of chirality in biology.
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