Essays on the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis

1 On the majortransitions.- 1.1 Introduction.- 1.2 Symmetry and symmetry-breaking.- 1.3 Resources.- 1.4 Cognition in non ergodic systems.- 1.5 Theprebiotic`bigbang'.- 1.6 Biological`recombination transparency'.- 1.7 A simple application.- 1.8 Specialization and cooperation: multiple workspaces.- 1.9 Discussion.- 1.10 Mathematical Appendix.- 1.11 References.- 2 On the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 First notions.- 2.3 The basic theory.- 2.4 Examples.- 2.5 More theory:selection pressureas shadowprice.- 2.6 Extending the models.- 2.7 Discussion.- 2.8 Mathematical Appendix.- 2.9 References.- 3O On regulation.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 Theory.- 3.3 Applications.- 3.4 Discussion.- 3.5 Mathematical Appendix.- 3.6 References.- 4 Punctuated regulation as an evolutionary mechanism.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 Fisher Zeros reconsidered.- 4.3 Extinction I:Simple noise-induced transitions.- 4.4 Extinction II: More complicatednoise-induced transitions.- 4.5 Extinction III: Environmental shadow price.- 4.6 Discussion.- 4.7 Mathematical Appendix.- 4.8 References.- 5 Institutional dynamics under selection pressure and uncertainty.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 A Rate Distortion Theorem model of control.- 5.3 Selection pressure dynamics.- 5.4 Destabilization by delay.- 5.5 Extending the Data Rate Theorem.- 5.6 Moving on.- 5.7 Reconsideringcognition\textit{AnSich.- 5.8 Changingtheviewpoint.- 5.9 Discussion.- 5. References.- 6O n`Speciation':Fragmentsizeininformationsystemphasetransitions.- 6.1 Introduction.- 6.2`Simple'phasetransition.- 6.3 Phasetransitionsinnetworksofinformation-exchangemodules.- 6.4 Discussion.- 6.5 MathematicalAppendix:`Biological'renormalizations.- 6.6 References.- 7 Adaptingcognitionmodelstobiomolecularcondensatedynamics.- 7.1 Introduction.- 7.2 Resources.- 7.3 Cognition.- 7.4 PhasetransitionsI:Fisherzeros.- 7.5 Cognitive`reactionrate'.- 7.6 PhasetransitionsII:Signaltransductionandnoise.- 7.7 Discussion.- 7.8 MathematicalAppendix:Groupoids.- 7.9 References.- 8 EvolutionaryExaptation:Sharedinterbrainactivityinsocialcommunication.- 8.1 Introduction.- 8.2 Correlation.- 8.3 Cognition.- 8.4 Dynamics.- 8.5 Cognitionrate.- 8.6 Anexample.- 8.7 Cooperation:Multipleworkspaces.- 8.8 Networktopologyisimportant.- 8.9 Timeandresourceconstraintsareimportant.- 8.10 Furthertheoreticaldevelopment.- 8.11 Discussion.- 8.12 MathematicalAppendix.- 8.13 References.- 9 Afterward.