Biological Identity : Perspectives from Metaphysics and the Philosophy of Biology (Hardcover)

1. Biological Identity: Why Metaphysicians and Philosophers of Biology Should Talk to One Another Anne Sophie Meincke & John Dupre 2. Siphonophores: A Metaphysical Case Study David S. Oderberg 3. Biological Individuals as ‘Weak Individuals’ and their Identity: Exploring a Radical Hypothesis in the Metaphysics of Science Philippe Huneman 4. What is the Problem of Biological Individuality? Eric T. Olson 5. The Role of Individuality in the Origin of Life Alvaro Moreno 6. The Being of Living Beings: Foundationalist Materialism versus Hylomorphism Denis Walsh & Kayla Wiebe 7. The Origins and Evolution of Animal Identity Stuart A. Newman 8. Processes within Processes: A Dynamic Account of Living Beings and its Implications for Understanding the Human Individual John Dupre 9. Activity, Process, Continuant, Substance, Organism David Wiggins 10.Diachronic Identity in Complex Life Cycles: An Organisational Perspective James DiFrisco & Matteo Mossio 11. Pregnancy and Biological Identity Elselijn Kingma 12. Processual Individuals and Moral Responsibility Adam Ferner 13. The Nature of Persons and the Nature of Animals Paul F. Snowdon 14. Processual Animalism Anne Sophie Meincke