| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 137 pages). |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in philosophy and biology |
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Cambridge studies in philosophy and biology.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 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. |
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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. |
| 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. |
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Wilson presents a new theory of biological individuality that addresses problems that cannot be solved by either field alone."--Jacket. |
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"This is a book of interest to philosophers of biology, metaphysicians, and biologists."--Jacket. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Biology -- Philosophy.
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Individuality.
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NATURE -- Reference.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biology.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- General.
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Biology -- Philosophy.
(OCoLC)fst00832439
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Individuality. (OCoLC)fst00970343
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Philosophie.
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Biologie.
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Individualität.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Wilson, Jack, 1968- Biological individuality. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999 0521624258 (DLC) 98032177 (OCoLC)40311452 |
| ISBN |
9781139144612 (electronic bk.) |
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1139144618 (electronic bk.) |
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