The Origin of Individuals.

The Origin of Individuals.

In the 17th century, Descartes put forth the metaphor of the machine to explain the functioning of living beings. In the 18th century, La Mettrie extended the metaphor to man. The clock was then used as the paradigm of the machine. In the 20th century, this metaphor still held but the clock was repl...

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Main Author: Kupiec, Jean-Jacques
Format: eBook
Language:English
French
Published: Singapore : World Scientific, 2009.
Subjects:
Developmental genetics.
Biodiversity.
Molecular evolution.
Individual differences.
Individuality.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Anatomy & Physiology.
Individuality
Biodiversity
Developmental genetics
Individual differences
Molecular evolution
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword; Acknowledgements; Contents; Chapter 1: Five Arguments for a New Theory of Biological Individuation; Chapter 2: What is a Probabilistic Process? Summary of the chapter; Chapter 3: The Determinism of Molecular Biology Summary of the chapter; Chapter 4: The Contradiction in Genetic Determinism Summary of the chapter; Chapter 5: Self-Organisation Does Not Resolve the Contradiction in Genetic Determinism Summary of the chapter; Chapter 6: Hetero-organisation Summary of the chapter; Chapter 7: Biology's Blind Spot Summary of the chapter.

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