Robert Rosen wrote extensively about many scientific subjects, with a research stream that always circled back to the essential question of 'What is life?' Below you can access most of his published work, as well as some unpublished notes, including the primary ideas that led to the development of Life Itself I: Epistemology, and its intended sequel, Life Itself II: Ontology.
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On psychomimesis

This paper critiques the mind-brain problem through the lens of mimesis, arguing against the validity of the Turing Test by asserting that behavioral similarity does not equate to identical causal mechanisms in intelligent systems

Topics:

Mimesis
Turing
Mind
Brain
Machines
Dated
Article
1994

On rate-sensitive chemoreceptor systems and the origin of the immune response

The study examines how the integration of cellular chemoreceptors into physiological homeostatic mechanisms imposes constraints that lead to features resembling an immune system, suggesting a potential evolutionary link between rate-sensitive chemoreceptors and immune responses

Topics:

Immune System
Chemistry
Chemoreceptors
Signals
Dated
Article
1976

On the decomposition of a dynamical system into non-interacting subsystems

The dynamics of an n-dimensional dynamical system can be decomposed into non-interacting subsystems, revealing complexities that challenge traditional observational methods and have implications for reductionism in biology

Topics:

Dynamical Systems
Reductionism
Interaction
Subsystems
Dated
Article
1972

On the design of stable and reliable institutions

The principle that functional activities of a system engage only a few structural degrees of freedom suggests that unused degrees can lead to interference and unreliability over time, impacting both biological and human-designed organizations

Topics:

Time
Senescence
Society
Institutions
Structure
Dated
Article
1974

On the dynamical realization of (M,R)-systems

Rosen introduces a novel representation of abstract cell models, examining its properties and implications

Topics:

(M,R)-Systems
Realization
Modelling
Origin of Life
Dated
Article
1973
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