Claus Emmeche

Claus Emmeche in Estonia, 2006.

Claus Emmeche (born 1956) is a Danish theoretical biologist and philosopher, one of founders of contemporary biosemiotics.[1][2] He is associate professor at the University of Copenhagen, and is head of the Center for the Philosophy of Nature and Science Studies at the Faculty of Science (CPNSS, hosted by the Niels Bohr Institute).

His research interests are in philosophy of science, especially philosophy of biology, theoretical biology (especially morphogenesis and evolution, developmental systems, complex systems), artificial life, biosemiotics, and other areas within philosophy. He has made pioneering studies in the field of semiotics of friendship.

  1. ^ Favareau, D. 2008. The IASS roundtable on biosemiotics: A discussion with some founders of the field. The American Journal of Semiotics 24(1/3): 1–21.
  2. ^ Favareau, D. (ed.) 2010. Essential Readings in Biosemiotics. Springer, p. 629.

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