Understanding Innovation Through Exaptation

Front Matter ....Pages i-x
 The Evolution of Exaptation, and How Exaptation Survived Dennett’s Criticism  (Telmo Pievani, Filippo Sanguettoli)....Pages 1-24
 Nature-Inspired Optimization Methods: How Ants, Bees, Cuckoos, and Other Friends May Improve the Work of Mathematicians  (Alessandra Micheletti)....Pages 25-34
 Exaptation in Physics and Materials Science  (Michael Zaiser, Stefano Zapperi)....Pages 35-45
 Exaptation for the Good and the Bad: Regeneration and Cancer  (Caterina AM La Porta)....Pages 47-53
 Quantifying Exaptation in Scientific Evolution  (M. R. Ferreira, N. Reisz, W. Schueller, V. D. P. Servedio, S. Thurner, V. Loreto)....Pages 55-68
 Exaptation and Beyond: Multilevel Function Evolution in Biology and Technology  (Pierpaolo Andriani, Christine Brun, Giuseppe Carignani, Gino Cattani)....Pages 69-84
 The Role of Affordance Landscapes in Exaptive Innovations  (Antonio Mastrogiorgio, Mariano Mastrogiorgio)....Pages 85-92
 Mapping Exaptation as Source of Smart Specialization in European Regional Policy Between Tacitness and Codification  (Ivan De Noni, Andrea Ganzaroli, Luciano Pilotti)....Pages 93-111
 The Technology Second Chance: Leveraging Creativity by Convergence of Serendipity and Exaptation Processes  (Barbara Leporini, Marina Buzzi, Luciano Pilotti)....Pages 113-120
 Innovation-Oriented Programming: Software Development as a Medium for Exaptation and Implications for the Active Facilitation of Innovation Within Virtual Environments  (David King)....Pages 121-155
 Dancing with the Urban Exaptation  (Giuseppe Davide Longhi)....Pages 157-181
 Exaptative Thinking as What Makes Us Human  (Liane Gabora, Kirthana Ganesh)....Pages 183-192
Back Matter ....Pages 193-194