Can biology be reduced to physics? An approach from the Philosophy of Charles Sanders Peirce.

Can biology be reduced to physics? An approach based on the Philosophy Charles Sanders Peirce
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Miquel Ramón Fuentes. Pamplona, November 17, 2025.

Miquel Ramón Fuentes was born in Barcelona in 1976. graduate Biochemistry the University of Barcelona (1999). He completed programs of study at the School Theology of Catalonia (2002-2007). He holds a PhD in Philosophy the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome with award doctorate award doctorate award 2013). He is currently Professor of Philosophy Science, Philosophy Nature, and Bioethics at the School Philosophy San Pacià University Athenaeum, where he is Associate Dean. He collaborates on the online course "Science & Faith in Dialogue," promoted by the Dicastery for Culture and Evangelization. The interdisciplinary nature of his work is evident: he has published in journals such as "Journal of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Research," "Analecta Gregoriana," and "Comprendre. Revista catalana de Philosophy." He has been a priest since 2008 and is parish priest at the church of Sant Ramon de Penyafort in Barcelona.

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The Philosophy biology is a discipline . This new field presents an unprecedented challenge in terms of understanding the dynamism of biological phenomena. The emergence of new concepts such as "emergence," "top-down causation," "information," and "teleonomy" offers us the possibility of exploring new ways of approaching biology. To this new nomenclature we must add the contribution of the American philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914) who, with his semiotic approach to reality, provides us with a tool for understanding the complexity of biological phenomena. The way in which the cell introduces the amino acid selenocysteine into an already established genetic code where this possibility is not contemplated is an example of the semiotic nature of molecular processes that lead to an unforeseen novelty, but which the cell is capable of managing when a new need arises.