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Autor:
Sidney Carls-Diamante
Publikováno v:
Biology & Philosophy. 32:1269-1287
If the octopus were conscious, what would its consciousness be like? This paper investigates the structure octopus consciousness, if existent, is likely to exhibit. Presupposing that the configuration of an organism’s consciousness is correlated wi
Autor:
Pierre-Luc Germain, Lucie Laplane
Publikováno v:
Biology & Philosophy. 32:281-287
In response to Germain (Biol Philos 27:785–810, 2012. doi:10.1007/s10539-012-9334-2) argument that evolution by natural selection has a limited explanatory power in cancer, Lean and Plutynski (Biol Philos 31:39–57, 2016. doi:10.1007/s10539-015-95
Publikováno v:
Biology & Philosophy. 31:39-57
One of the major developments in cancer research in recent years has been the construction of models that treat cancer as a cellular population subject to natural selection. We expand on this idea, drawing upon multilevel selection theory. Cancer is
Autor:
Thomas Pradeu
Publikováno v:
Biology & Philosophy. 31:125-142
Griffiths and Stotz’s Genetics and Philosophy: An Introduction offers a very good overview of scientific and philosophical issues raised by present-day genetics. Examining, in particular, the questions of how a “gene” should be defined and what
Autor:
Lindell Bromham
Publikováno v:
Biology & Philosophy. 31:103-123
The word “gene” means different things to different people, and can even be used in multiple ways by the same individual. In this review, I follow a particular thread running through Griffith and Stotz’s “Genetics and Philosophy: an introduct