From groups to individuals : evolution and emerging individuality /

The biological and philosophical implications of the emergence of new collective individuals from associations of living beings. Our intuitive assumption that only organisms are the real individuals in the natural world is at odds with developments in cell biology, ecology, genetics, evolutionary bi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Bouchard, Frédéric, 1975- (Editor ), Huneman, Philippe (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, 2013.
Colección:Vienna series in theoretical biology.
Temas:
Biology > Philosophy.
Organisms.
Individuality.
Group identity.
Adaptation (Biology)
Individuality
Social Identification
Adaptation, Biological
Biologie > Philosophie.
Organismes.
Individualité.
Identité collective.
Adaptation (Biologie)
group identity.
NATURE > Reference.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > General.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Evolution.
Biology > Philosophy
Group identity
Organisms
BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES/Evolution
BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES/General
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Darwinian individuals / Peter Godfrey-Smith
  • Defining the individual / Charles J. Goodnight
  • Species and organisms / Ellen Clarke and Samir Okasha
  • Immunity and the emergence of individuality / Thomas Pradeu
  • Adaptation of individuals and groups / Andy Gardner
  • The unit of adaptation, the emergence of individuality and the loss of evolutionary sovereignty / Minus van Baalen
  • Adaptations in transitions / Philippe Huneman
  • Groups, individuals, and the emergence of sociality / Andrew Hamilton and Jennifer Fewell
  • Colonies are individuals / Matt Haber
  • Superorganisms and superindividuality / Scott Turner
  • What is a symbiotic superindividual and how do you measure its fitness? / Frédéric Bouchard.

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