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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
Autor:
Nicholas Shea, Russell Powell
Publikováno v:
Powell, R & Shea, N 2014, ' Homology across inheritance systems ', BIOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY, vol. 29, no. 6, pp. 781-806 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-014-9433-3
Recent work on inheritance systems can be divided into inclusive conceptions, according to which genetic and non-genetic inheritance are both involved in the development and transmission of nearly all animal behavioral traits, and more demanding conc
Autor:
Pierrick Bourrat
Publikováno v:
Biology & Philosophy. 29:517-538
For evolution by natural selection to occur it is classically admitted that the three ingredients of variation, difference in fitness and heredity are necessary and sufficient. In this paper, I show using simple individual-based models, that evolutio
Publikováno v:
Biology & Philosophy. 28:299-330
In order to introduce protists to philosophers, we outline the diversity, classification, and evolutionary importance of these eukaryotic microorganisms. We argue that an evolutionary understanding of protists is crucial for understanding eukaryotes
Autor:
David C. Queller
Publikováno v:
Biology & Philosophy. 26:905-913
Biologists and philosophers differ on whether selection should be analyzed at the level of the gene or of the individual. In Peter Godfrey-Smith’s book, Darwinian Populations and Natural Selection, he argues that individuals can be good members of
Autor:
Sean A. Valles
Publikováno v:
Biology & Philosophy. 25:183-201
Common monogenic genetic diseases, ones that have unexpectedly high frequencies in certain populations, have attracted a great number of conflicting evolutionary explanations. This paper will attempt to explain the mystery of why two particularly ext