Stoelhorst, Jan-Willem. “Major transitions, operator theory, and human organization.” In Evolution and Transitions in Complexity , pp. 175-181. Springer, Cham, 2016.
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This comment contrasts the axiomatic treatment of transitions in Operator Theory with the more inductive and descriptive treatment of transitions in Major Evolutionary Transitions Theory. I conclude that Operator Theory demonstrates the need for, and the possibility of, a much finer-grained analysis of major transitions than Major Evolutionary Transitions Theory currently offers.