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Anti-entropy
In evolution thermodynamics, anti-entropy is a loose term associated with effects or processes opposite that of entropy, namely order, organization, and improbability as opposed to that of disorder, disorganization and probability. [1] It expresses the ascending primacy of life over entropy, where life is defined as a kind of anti-entropic or negative entropy process. [1] This particular terminology is often considered a post-Teilhardian expression, in that it was used significantly by French scientific-religious philosopher Pierre Teilhard, becoming a common term in 1967. [1]
In an unpublished manuscript dated November 19, 1951 (dedicated to Julian Huxley), in a section titled "The Transformation, starting with Man, of the Process of Evolution", Teilhard defines anti-entropy as "an effect of changes that are seized, draws a portion of matter in the direction of continually higher forms of structurization and centration." [2]
References
1. Cowell, Sion. (2001). The Teilhard Lexicon: Understanding the Language, Terminology and Vision of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin: The First English-Language Dictionary of his Writin. (pg. 125). Sussex Academic Press.
2. Telhard, Pierre. (1976). Activation of Energy, (pgs. 302-3). New York: Harvest Book.
Further reading
● Bailly, Francis and Longo, Guiseppe. (2009). “Biological Organization and Anti-Entropy.” Journal of Biological Systems, Vol. 17, No. 1.
In an unpublished manuscript dated November 19, 1951 (dedicated to Julian Huxley), in a section titled "The Transformation, starting with Man, of the Process of Evolution", Teilhard defines anti-entropy as "an effect of changes that are seized, draws a portion of matter in the direction of continually higher forms of structurization and centration." [2]
References
1. Cowell, Sion. (2001). The Teilhard Lexicon: Understanding the Language, Terminology and Vision of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin: The First English-Language Dictionary of his Writin. (pg. 125). Sussex Academic Press.
2. Telhard, Pierre. (1976). Activation of Energy, (pgs. 302-3). New York: Harvest Book.
Further reading
● Bailly, Francis and Longo, Guiseppe. (2009). “Biological Organization and Anti-Entropy.” Journal of Biological Systems, Vol. 17, No. 1.
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