Peter A. Corning

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Peter A. Corning


Born
Pasadena, California, The United States

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 Scien...

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Holistic Darwinism: Synergy...

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Evolution "On Purpose": Tel...

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Nature's Magic: Synergy in ...

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The Synergism Hypothesis: A...

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Synergistic Selection: How ...

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Durkheim and Spencer

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Winning With Synergy: How A...

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The evolution of medicare: ...

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Superorganism: Toward a New...

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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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