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claim:no-alternative-to-molecular-explanation-of-hereditary-substance-exists-physical-laws-leave-no-other-possibilityNo alternative to molecular explanation of hereditary substance exists; physical laws leave no other possibility.
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- Causal emergence in biological systemsmembers_ofExamines how macro-scale causal power exceeds micro-scale in living and learning systems.
- Explores how quantum theory—not classical physics—explains hereditary persistence, discrete mutations, and molecular information encoding in biological systems.
- Quantum basis of genetic stabilitymembers_ofSchrödinger's argument that quantum mechanics uniquely explains hereditary molecule persistence and mutation discreteness.
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- The hereditary substance is a single huge aperiodic molecule capable of discrete configuration changes (mutations) via quantum jumps.hypothesis0.806Schrödinger's central hypothesis, later confirmed by discovery of DNA structure.
- The mechanism of heredity is closely related to, nay, founded on, the very basis of quantum theory.claim0.786The assertion that gene stability and mutations are explained by quantum mechanics.
- Alexander's argument that case-by-case mechanical explanations fail to address the universal recurrence of living structure
- Sloman's endorsement that quantum stability is a necessary condition for life.
- Schrödinger's famous prediction that new physical principles might emerge from the study of life.
- Argues against purely genetic definitions of the self.
- Alexander's foundational assertion connecting material substance directly to living structure.