中文摘要：

对生命及其相关问题的探讨历来是学界众多领域倾心的话题,由于看待生命的视角与方法不尽相同,不同学科在对生命本质及特征进行探索和研析的同时,也就形成了旨趣各异的生命观。作为计算机与生物学联姻的产物,人工生命研究的兴起不仅在一定程度上拓展了生命的可能界限,也在一定意义上促动了生命观的进一步重塑。

英文摘要：

The topic of life and its related issues have always attracted a lot of attention from different areas. Because of different methods and perspectives to the research into life,different views of life have formed. As a result of the marriage of the computer and biology,researches on artificial life have not only expanded the possible bounds of life,but also promoted the further shaping of view of life.