{"product_id":"biological-individuality-the-identity-and-persistence-of-living-entities-paperback-9780521036887","title":"Biological Individuality; The Identity and Persistence of Living Entities (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521036887","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBiological Individuality\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Identity and Persistence of Living Entities\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWilson resolves paradoxes that arise when one applies past notions of individuality to biological examples.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJack Wilson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521036887, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 May 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e152 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.3 x 1 cm, 0.239 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWhat 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 an analysis of identity and persistence. The book's main purpose is to bring together two lines of research, theoretical biology and metaphysics, which have dealt with the same subject in isolation from one another. Wilson explains an alternative theory about biological individuality which solves problems which cannot be addressed by either field alone. He presents a more fine-grained vocabulary of individuation based on diverse kinds of living things, allowing him to clarify previously muddled disputes about individuality in biology.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Beyond Horses and Oak Trees: A New Theory of Individuation for Living Entities: 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. The meaning of 'a life'\u003cbr\u003e 3. The poverty of examples\u003cbr\u003e 4. Imaginary examples and conceptual analysis\u003cbr\u003e 5. What is it?\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Biological and Philosophical Roots of Individuality: 6. Why biologists (should) care about individuality\u003cbr\u003e 7. Philosophers on living entities\u003cbr\u003e 8. Natural kinds and substantial kinds\u003cbr\u003e 9. Patterns and natural kinds\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Individuality and Equivocation: 10. Paradigm individuals: the higher animals\u003cbr\u003e 11. Other possible solutions\u003cbr\u003e 12. The proposed solution\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. The Necessity of Biological Origin and Substantial Kinds: 13. A valid argument for sortal essentialism\u003cbr\u003e 14. The necessity of biological origin\u003cbr\u003e 15. Sex\u003cbr\u003e 16. Species membership and the necessity of genealogy\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Generation and Corruption: 17. Genetic individuals\u003cbr\u003e 18. Functional individuals\u003cbr\u003e 19. Developmental individuals\u003cbr\u003e 20. Raising the dead\u003cbr\u003e Part VI. Personal Identity Naturalized: Our Bodies, Our Selves: 21. Human beings as biological entities\u003cbr\u003e 22. Is a person a human being?\u003cbr\u003e 23. Conclusions\u003cbr\u003e Appendix. Identity and sortals: why relative identity is self-contradictory\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy of science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy of science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20of%20science%20%5BPDA%5D%22\"\u003ePDA\u003c\/a\u003e], Social \u0026amp; political philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; political philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20political%20philosophy%20%5BHPS%5D%22\"\u003eHPS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006242378008,"sku":"9780521036887","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521036887i_e4729548-7232-4c82-96bf-5805356e8733.jpg?v=1694968382","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/biological-individuality-the-identity-and-persistence-of-living-entities-paperback-9780521036887","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}