Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-258) and index.
Contents:
From the Pre-publication Quotes -- 1. Introduction. On Individuality -- 2. On Causality and Evolution. Causality. Emergence. Evolution. Comparative Summary of Evolution -- 3. On Cognition. Defining a Cognitive System. Decisions. Cognitive Images. Self-organization. The Cognitive Strategy. Comparative Summary of Cognition -- 4. On Immunity. Immune Agents: Basic Briefing. Maintenance. Receptors. Degeneracy, Pleiotropia, Redundancy, Randomness. Geometry of Immune Cognition and Co-respondence. Dynamics of Immune Cognition. Self-organization of Immune Cognition. Images and Patterns of Immune Cognition. Cognitive Decision-making. Comparative Summary of Immunity -- 5. On Autoimmunity. Clonal Selection Theory Viewpoint. Organization of Autoimmunity. Utility of Autoimmunity. Causation of Autoimmune Disease. Therapy of Autoimmune Disease. Autoimmunity is of the Essence. Comparative Summary of Autoimmunity -- 6. On Tending Adam's Garden. Adam. Tending the Garden.
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