Biological Individuality
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This Element develops a view about biological individuality's value in two ways: while biological individuality matters for its theoretical and methodological roles in the production of scientific knowledge, its historical use in promoting the politics of social ideologies concerning progress and perfection of humanity's evolutionary future must not be ignored. Recent trends in biological individuality are analyzed and set against the history of evolutionary thought drawing from the early twentieth century. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core. Cover Title page Copyright page Biological Individuality Contents The Purpose of This Element 1. An Ontic Landscape Introduction to Section 1 Organisms 1. Historical Considerations 2. Conceptual Contrasts 3. Etymological Analysis Individuality, Classes, & Species 1. Tracing the Motivations of S-A-I 2. Hull on S-A-I: Interpretation & Clarification Evolutionary Individuality 1. A Case Study & Some Background 2. Darwinian Individuals, Reproduction, & Heredity 3. Inheritance Satisfied Functionally vs. Its Material Conditions Immunology, Ecology, & Metabolism 1. Immunological Individuality 2. Ecological Individuality 3. Metabolic Individuality Pluralism, Historical Hierarchy, & Ambiguity 1. A Critique: Heterogeneity & Pluralism 2. A Positive Proposal: Synchronic & Diachronic Plurality in Life’s History 3. Closing Remarks on Disciplinarity and Classification 2. Critics & Methodology Introduction to Section 2 Phenomenal Qualities, Objects, & the So-Called Practice Turn 1. Pillars of the Past: Colonial Logic & Objectification 2. Individuating Characters & Their Phenomenal Qualities A Cottage Industry A Space for Technology & Values (Coda) 1. Looking Back 2. Looking Forward 3. In Historical Context Introduction to Section 3 Coloring Outside of the Lines 1. Two Contemporary Takes on Agency in Biology’s History 2. A Tale of Caution: Agency & Biological Individuality Writ Large Compound Animals, Zooids, & Individual Perfection 1. Biological Compounds: Origins vs. Growth 2. Contextualizing Life Cycles & Compounds 3. Individuality as a Driver of Progress in Evolution What History Tells Us 1. Julian Towing the Line: Individuality as Progress in the History of Life 2. Eugenics & Individuality: A Tension Closing Remarks Appendix Glossary References Acknowledgments
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