The down to earth pole of understanding the complexity of life

Abstract

This paper argues that the down-to-earth pole of the understanding of the complexity of life is made up by a threefold factor, namely the interplay of geology, microbiology, and evolution. It is such intertwining that provides the ground for life as we know it. This paper claims that the origins of life are contemporarily the origin of the biosphere as a living system. Dualism must be overcome at all costs; hence, there is not physics, say, geology on the one hand, and biology on the other hand. On the contrary, both make up a highly integrated complex system. The approach suggested in this paper conveys a phenomenological endeavor as a non-substantive comprehension of life and the living systems. Life, it can be safely said, is non-causal, and a self-organizing and autopoietic phenomenon. An evolutionary view of life implies hence after an open-ended understanding. At the end the paper explores the consequences of such a take.