metaevolutionとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• meta-evolution

語源

From meta- +‎ evolution.

名詞

metaevolution (usually uncountable, 複数形 metaevolutions)

1. (philosophy, biology) Beyond evolution. The evolution of the elements of evolutionary systems. Applying evolutionary concepts to non-living systems. Applying evolutionary concepts to individual learning and personal development. Examining the implications and past and future developments of evolution.
   • 1980, Erich Jantsch, "Ethics and Evolution," The North American Review, vol. 265, no. 3, p. 16:

     More recently, however, it has become increasingly realized that symbiosis is at the core of the evolution of evolutionary levels and mechanisms—of a metaevolution—in the microevolution of life.

   • 2004, Elías Palti, "The ‘Return of the Subject’ as a Historico-Intellectual Problem," History and Theory, vol. 43, no. 1, p. 76, note 53:

     The notion of event is also associated with that of metaevolution in biology (the evolution of the evolutionary processes themselves).

   • 2000, David Hunter Tow, "The Future of Life: Meta-Evolution: A Unified Theory of Evolution"