Biological Individuality: The Identity and Persistence of Living Entities (Cambridge St...
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Biological Individuality: The Identity and Persistence of Living Entities (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology)
Book Details
- Author
- Jack Wilson
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Category
- Biology
- Condition
- New
- ISBN-13
- 9780521036887
- ISBN-10
- 0521036887
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ISBN: 0521036887
Author: Wilson, Jack
Condition: New
What makes a biological entity an individual? Jack Wilson shows that past philosophers have failed to explicate the conditions an entity must satisfy to be a living individual. He explores the reason for this failure and explains why we should limit ourselves to examples involving real organisms rather than thought experiments. This book explores and resolves paradoxes that arise when one applies past notions of individuality to biological examples beyond the conventional range, and presents a new analysis of identity and persistence.
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Biological Individuality: The Identity and Persistence of Living Entities (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology)
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