Organisms and Personal Identity: Biological Individuation and the Work of David Wiggins (History and Philosophy of Biology) - Hardcover

Buch 3 von 19: History and Philosophy of Biology

Ferner, A.M.

 
9781848935730: Organisms and Personal Identity: Biological Individuation and the Work of David Wiggins (History and Philosophy of Biology)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1848935730 ISBN 13: 9781848935730
Verlag: Routledge, 2016

Inhaltsangabe

Over his philosophical career, David Wiggins has produced a body of work that, though varied and wide-ranging, stands as a coherent and carefully integrated whole. In this book Ferner examines Wiggins’ conceptualist-realism, his sortal theory ‘D’ and his human being theory in order to assess how far these elements of his systematic metaphysics connect.

In addition to rectifying misinterpretations and analysing the relations between Wiggins’ works, Ferner reveals the importance of the philosophy of biology to Wiggins’ approach. This book elucidates the biological anti-reductionism present in Wiggins’ work and highlights how this stance stands as a productive alternative to emergentism. With an analysis of Wiggins’ construal of substances, specifically organisms, the book goes on to discuss how Wiggins brings together the concept of a person with the concept of a natural substance, or human being.

An extensive introduction to the work of David Wiggins, as well as a contribution to the dialogue between personal identity theorists and philosophers of biology, this book will appeal to students and scholars working in the areas of philosophy, biology and the history of Anglophone metaphysics.

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Adam M. Ferner has worked in academic philosophy in France and the UK, and in schools and youth centres around London. He has written two books – Think Differently (2018) and Organisms and Personal Identity (2016) – and has two more on the way. He has been a regular contributor to philosophy journals and magazines including The Philosophy Magazine. Adam currently works at the Royal Institute of Philosophy in London.

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Verlag
Routledge
Erscheinungsdatum
2016
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1848935730
ISBN 13 
9781848935730
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Anzahl der Seiten
252
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