title: Prolegomenon to a general biology.
abstract: This chapter is a slightly modified version of Chapter 1 of my book, Investigations. I discuss "autonomous agents," the origin of life, autocatalytic sets of polymers, work cycles, puzzles-about evolutionary theory, and the birth of a general biology dealing with biospheres anywhere in the universe.
authors: Bios Group LP, 317 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA. stu@biosgroup.com
authors: S A
authors: SA
authors: Kauffman
mesh_terms: D001519:Behavior / Q000502:physiology; D005075:Biological Evolution; D001695:Biology; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology; D018559:Exobiology; D005796:Genes; D006801:Humans; D008967:Molecular Biology