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What are individuals? How can they be identified? These are crucial questions for philosophers and scientists alike. Criteria of individuality seem to differ markedly between metaphysics and the empirical sciences - and this might well explain why no work has hitherto attempted to relate the contributions of metaphysics, physics and biology on this question. This timely volume brings together various strands of research into 'individuality', examining how different sciences handle the issue, and reflecting on how this scientific work relates to metaphysical concerns. The collection makes a major contribution to clarifying and overcoming obstacles to the construction of a general conception of the individual adequate for both physics and biology, and perhaps even beyond.
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Alexandre Guay is Professor of Philosophy of Natural Sciences and Analytical Philosophy at the Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium.
Thomas Pradeu is Full-Time Researcher in Philosophy of Science at the CNRS in Bordeaux, France.
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"this is a stimulating collection of papers...a solid and readable survey of contemporary philosophical thinking about issues at the intersection of the science and metaphysics of individuality." -- Metascience
"Without a doubt, the individual contributions advance particular individuality debates in valuable ways. There is work that extends several influential approaches to individuality in biology." -- Studies in History and Philosophy of the Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Alexandre Guay is Professor of Philosophy of Natural Sciences and Analytical Philosophy at the Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium.
Thomas Pradeu is Full-Time Researcher in Philosophy of Science at the CNRS in Bordeaux, France.
"this is a stimulating collection of papers...a solid and readable survey of contemporary philosophical thinking about issues at the intersection of the science and metaphysics of individuality." -- Metascience
"Without a doubt, the individual contributions advance particular individuality debates in valuable ways. There is work that extends several influential approaches to individuality in biology." -- Studies in History and Philosophy of the Biological and Biomedical Sciences
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- PublisherOxford University Press
- Publication date2015
- ISBN 10 0199382514
- ISBN 13 9780199382514
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages420
- EditorGuay Alexandre, Pradeu Thomas
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