Biological Individuality: The Identity and Persistence of Living Entities

by Jack Wilson

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521624258
• ISBN13: 9780521624251
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.1"