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Peter A. Corning

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Peter Andrew Corning (born 1935) is an American biologist, consultant, and complex systems scientist, and Director of the Institute for the Study of Complex Systems, in Friday Harbor, Washington, and is known especially for his work on the causal role of synergy in evolution.

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	The Fair Society: The Science of Human Nature and the Pursuit of Social Justice 3.83 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2011 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Holistic Darwinism: Synergy, Cybernetics, and the Bioeconomics of Evolution 3.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Evolution "On Purpose": Teleonomy in Living Systems (Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology) by Peter A. Corning (Editor), Stuart a Kauffman (Editor), Denis Noble (Editor) 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nature's Magic: Synergy in Evolution and the Fate of Humankind 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2003 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Synergism Hypothesis: A Theory of Progressive Evolution 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1983 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Synergistic Selection: How Cooperation Has Shaped Evolution And The Rise Of Humankind (Evolution Biology) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Durkheim and Spencer really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Winning With Synergy: How America Can Regain the Competitive Edge 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1986	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The evolution of medicare: from idea to law, by Peter A. Corning. 1969 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Superorganism: Toward a New Social Contract for Our Endangered Species (Elements in Applied Evolutionary Science) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I do not think we have adequately determined the nature and number of the appetites, and until this is accomplished the inquiry [about justice] will always be confused.
SOCRATES, IN PLATO'S Republic”
― Peter A. Corning, The Fair Society: The Science of Human Nature and the Pursuit of Social Justice

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