One of the main problems related to the definition of individuality in biology is how to account for the hierarchical structure of nature, which has been prominently emphasized in evolutionary theory (Dobzhansky 1937; Eldredge 1985; Mayr 1963; Liebermann, Vrba 1995). Nowadays, works in several areas validate a hierarchical approach to the study of biological individuality: the debate on the units of selection, for example, springs from the idea that hierarchy is the product of evolution by natural selection. Moreover, studies on major evolutionary transitions inquiry why selection at lower levels does not disrupt integration at higher levels (Maynard Smith, Szathmary 1995). Finally, the hierarchy theory (Gould, Vrba 1986) proposes a new for...
Biology divides nature into a plurality of individual entities (e.g., genes, cells, viruses, organis...
The aim of this paper is to show that the assumption of a hierarchical paradigm as regards the biolo...
Symbiosis plays a fundamental role in contemporary biology, as well as in recent thinking in philoso...
One of the main problems related to the definition of individuality in biology is how to account for...
Au cours de cette thèse on développera l'hypothèse que l'individu biologique soit une unité fonction...
One big question in biology is what life is, but another is how life divides into living things. Th...
The theme about individuation and persistence of living entities is one of the central issues in the...
There has been much debate in evolutionary biology concerning the extension of some of the central t...
Nous avons l’habitude de penser que l’organisme pluricellulaire, comme un certain homme et un certai...
Biological theory demands a clear organism concept, but at present biologists cannot agree on one. ...
Biological individuality is a major topic of discussion in biology and philosophy of biology. Recent...
Le thème de l’individuation et de la persistance des entités vivantes constitue l’une des problémati...
Why is there a specific problem with biological individuality? Because the living realm contains a w...
The aim of this paper is to show that the assumption of a hierarchical paradigm as regards the biolo...
The biological world as we see it today has a part-whole hierarchical structure. For example, eusoci...
Biology divides nature into a plurality of individual entities (e.g., genes, cells, viruses, organis...
The aim of this paper is to show that the assumption of a hierarchical paradigm as regards the biolo...
Symbiosis plays a fundamental role in contemporary biology, as well as in recent thinking in philoso...
One of the main problems related to the definition of individuality in biology is how to account for...
Au cours de cette thèse on développera l'hypothèse que l'individu biologique soit une unité fonction...
One big question in biology is what life is, but another is how life divides into living things. Th...
The theme about individuation and persistence of living entities is one of the central issues in the...
There has been much debate in evolutionary biology concerning the extension of some of the central t...
Nous avons l’habitude de penser que l’organisme pluricellulaire, comme un certain homme et un certai...
Biological theory demands a clear organism concept, but at present biologists cannot agree on one. ...
Biological individuality is a major topic of discussion in biology and philosophy of biology. Recent...
Le thème de l’individuation et de la persistance des entités vivantes constitue l’une des problémati...
Why is there a specific problem with biological individuality? Because the living realm contains a w...
The aim of this paper is to show that the assumption of a hierarchical paradigm as regards the biolo...
The biological world as we see it today has a part-whole hierarchical structure. For example, eusoci...
Biology divides nature into a plurality of individual entities (e.g., genes, cells, viruses, organis...
The aim of this paper is to show that the assumption of a hierarchical paradigm as regards the biolo...
Symbiosis plays a fundamental role in contemporary biology, as well as in recent thinking in philoso...