?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=INFORMATION%2C+ENERGY%2C+AND+EVOLUTION&rft.creator=Burgin%2C+Dr.+Mark&rft.creator=Simon%2C+Irving&rft.subject=Evolution&rft.description=Within+the+current+theory+of+evolution%2C+the+development+in+the+direction+of+higher+complexity+is+taken+to+be+a+necessary+condition.+This+gives+birth+to+a+problem+why+this+direction+is+prevalent+for+evolution.+Philosophers+and+scientists+tried+to+substantiate+this+condition+and+to+explain+it%2C+yet+the+question+still+remains+open.+Our+aim+is+to+find+specific+regularities+in+nature+that+make+complexity+the+chosen+direction.+Three+main+causes+for+this+direction+are+deduced+from+initial+principles%2C+assuming+that+information+and+energy+are+the+vital+nutrients+for+evolution.+Consequently%2C+we+base+our+explication+and+explanation+of+causes+on+the+principles+of+information+theory%2C+Ashby%E2%80%99s+principle+of+requisite+variety%2Fcomplexity%2C+as+well+as+we+suggest+and+ground+some+additional+principles+of+the+system+development.+This+makes+possible+to+separate+three+principal+stages+for+evolution+of+living+organisms%3A+biological%2C+neurological%2C+and+epistemological.&rft.date=2001&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2359%2F1%2FEvoInf.pdf&rft.identifier=++Burgin%2C+Dr.+Mark+and+Simon%2C+Irving++(2001)+INFORMATION%2C+ENERGY%2C+AND+EVOLUTION.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2359%2F