Abstract:
The analysis of the existing literature demonstrates that in
order to address the fundamental challenges associated with
the origin of life, it is essential to consider this problem from
a comprehensive perspective, specifically from the vantage
point of the general theory of evolution of complex systems.
From these positions, life should be regarded as a distinctive
instance of an information storage and processing system
that emerges naturally. Evolutionary processes should be
examined from the vantage point of the coevolution of
material and informational components, which has not been
sufficiently emphasized hitherto. It is shown that a specific
example in this respect is analogues of neural networks
spontaneously formed in solutions of some hydrophilic
polymers. Such systems lead to the formation of non-trivial
information objects. A wide range of other examples is
considered, proving that the processes occurring with the
participation of hydrophilic polymers should be interpreted,
among other things, from the point of view of formation of
information objects, which, under certain conditions, influence
the processes occurring at the molecular and supramolecular
level. It is shown that it is reasonable to use the tools of
classical dialectics to solve such fundamental problems as that
of the origin of life.
