[The organization of time in biological systems]

A notion of organization of time similar to the notion of organization of space in architecture has been introduced. The level and pattern of organization of time in biological systems differs from that in physical and chemical systems, which presents an independent problem. Analysis of the problem leads to a new definition of life as a process of renormalization of possibilities described by a Bayes formula. This definition leads to the notion of self-monitoring as a property of every biological system, and of complicated structure of the biological present, including the physical past and physical future. This is naturally followed by determination by far past, and, hence, memory, and determination by future, i.e. preadaptation, surpassing reflection, aim-setting etc. A direct dependence of a number of elements of a complex system on its stability has been demonstrated. The self-monitoring and organization of time can be traced at various levels of biological hierarchy from intracellular to biosphere level.