title: About emergent properties and complexity in biological theories.
abstract: Our aim is to present some ideas about the notion of scientific theory which includes the biological theories. We examine relationships among theories and examples of theoretical situations. In this context we propose definitions of emergent property and complexity. These definitions are exemplified by the development of some biological theories.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Matematica Applicata and CISSC, Università di Pisa.
authors.forename: Vieri
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Benci
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Freguglia
mesh_terms: D001695:Biology; D008962:Models, Theoretical