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Biological individuality : the identity and persistence of living entities
- Title
- Biological individuality : the identity and persistence of living entities / Jack Wilson.
- Author
- Wilson, Jack, 1968-
- Publication
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Details
- Description
- xii, 137 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "In this book, Jack Wilson brings together two lines of research, theoretical biology and analytic metaphysics, that have dealt with the individuation of living entities in virtual isolation from one another.
- Wilson presents a new theory of biological individuality that addresses problems that cannot be solved by either field alone."--Jacket.
- "This is a book of interest to philosophers of biology, metaphysicians, and biologists."--Jacket.
- Series Statement
- Cambridge studies in philosophy and biology
- Uniform Title
- Cambridge studies in philosophy and biology
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-134) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Beyond Horses and Oak Trees: A New Theory of Individuation for Living Entities -- 2. The Biological and Philosophical Roots of Individuality -- 3. Individuality and Equivocation.
- 4. The Necessity of Biological Origin and Substantial Kinds -- 5. Generation and Corruption -- 6. Personal Identity Naturalized: Our Bodies, Our Selves -- App. Identity and Sortals: Why Relative Identity Is.
- ISBN
- 0521624258
- 9780521624251
- LCCN
- 98032177
- OCLC
- ocm40311452
- 40311452
- SCSB-926475
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library