Biological Individuality: The Identity and Persistence of Living Entities

Jack Wilson (Washington and Lee University, Virginia)

Biological Individuality: The Identity and Persistence of Living Entities
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Country
United Kingdom
Published
28 August 1999
Pages
150
ISBN
9780521624251

Biological Individuality: The Identity and Persistence of Living Entities

Jack Wilson (Washington and Lee University, Virginia)

What 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 a new analysis of identity and persistence.

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