par Bruylants, Gilles 
;Bartik, Kristin ;Reisse, Jacques
Référence Origins of life and evolution of the biosphere, 40, 2, page (137-143)
Publication Publié, 2010-04
;Bartik, Kristin ;Reisse, Jacques Référence Origins of life and evolution of the biosphere, 40, 2, page (137-143)
Publication Publié, 2010-04
Article révisé par les pairs
| Résumé : | Many scientists, including one of the authors of the present paper, have devoted time to try to find a definition for life (Bersini and Reisse 2007). It is clear that a consensus will never be reached but, more importantly, it seems that the issue itself could be without major interest. It is indeed impossible to define a "natural" frontier between non-living and living systems and therefore also impossible to define dichotomic criteria which could be used in order to classify systems in one of these two classes (living or non-living). Fuzzy logic provides a natural way to deal with problems where class membership lacks sharply defined criteria. It also offers the possibility to avoid losing time with unnecessary controversies such as deciding whether a virus is, or is not, a living system. |
