Evolution (co-evolution)
Origin: Lat. evolutĭo, -ōnis
Movement that affects to a part or the set of a system. The evolution is the gradual transformation or series of transformations throughout the time, conceived generally like quite slow. The concept means that it can refer to all kinds of phenomenon that could be considered, but, in practice, usually refers to living systems as observable or animated form. They are often expressed by its space inscription. The word “evolution” includes two types of temporary transformation: the discontinuous evolutions like the mutations or the change of phase, both are perceived like more unforeseeable in their results that “the continuous” evolutions of the type development or aging. The “theory of the bifurcations” (that interprets a “visible continuity” by means of a possible “invisible discontinuity” whose result almost never is foreseeable) allows, perhaps, to relate these two conceptions.
Spanish: Evolución (co-evolución)
Sources and references
- Destatte, Philippe y Philippe Durance “Les mot-clés de la prospective territoriale”cited 56 times
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