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Units of Selection: Elements in the Philosophy of Biology

Autor Javier Suárez, Elisabeth A. Lloyd
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 29 sep 2023
This Element introduces the Disambiguating Project (DP) about the units of selection. By DP, the authors mean the thesis that the expression 'units of selection' refers to at least three non-co-extensional functional concepts: interactor, replicator/reproducer/reconstitutor, and manifestor of adaptation/type-1 agent. They present each concept and demonstrate the necessity of their isolation, because each of them responds to a distinct question about the units of selection, and these distinct questions are not always posed in combination in today's biological research. They further apply the framework to the analysis of the debates concerning the Evolutionary Transitions in Individuality (ETI) and argue that the DP interprets the ETI better than any project rejecting the three meanings of 'units of selection.' Thus, they claim that the differentiation between at least these three functional concepts is fundamental to clarify some conceptual confusions in biology, which rest on the conflation of these distinct meanings.
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ISBN-13: 9781009276412
ISBN-10: 1009276417
Pagini: 75
Dimensiuni: 228 x 152 x 8 mm
Greutate: 0.14 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Elements in the Philosophy of Biology

Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Introduction; 1. What is a Unit of Selection and How Can We Identify It? The Disambiguating and the Unitary Projects; 2. How the Expression 'Units of Selection' Acquired Its Polysemic Meaning or Why the Disambiguating Project Started; 3. Two Sources of Misunderstanding in Past and Today's Debates about Units; 4. The Framework of the Evolutionary Transitions in Individuality: A Challenge to the Disambiguating Project; Conclusion; Glossary; References.

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'Unit of selection' is a polysemic expression, meaning interactor, replicator/reproducer or manifestor of adaptation/type-1 agent in today's biological research.