Biological Individuality

A guide to biological individuality, aiming to take readers through contemporary philosophical territory and to identify possible future destinations.

Alison K. McConwell (Author)

9781009387422, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 29 June 2023

75 pages
28 x 19 x 1.5 cm, 0.373 kg

This Element develops a view about biological individuality's value in two ways: while biological individuality matters for its theoretical and methodological roles in the production of scientific knowledge, its historical use in promoting the politics of social ideologies concerning progress and perfection of humanity's evolutionary future must not be ignored. Recent trends in biological individuality are analyzed and set against the history of evolutionary thought drawing from the early twentieth century. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Introduction: The Purpose of this Element
1. An Ontic Landscape
2. Critics & Methodology
3. In Historical Context
Closing Remarks
Appendix: Individuality Puzzles
Glossary
References.

Subject Areas: Philosophy [HP]