Individuals Across the Sciences - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0199382514 ISBN 13 : 9780199382514

Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 2015

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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.

Revue de presse :

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. (Karen Kovaka, Studies in History and Philosophy of the Biological and Biomedical Sciences)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0199382514
• ISBN 13: 9780199382514
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 420
• Éditeur: Guay Alexandre, Pradeu Thomas