Emergentism in the biological framework: the case of fitness

IF 1.7 1区哲学 Q1 HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

Biology & Philosophy Pub Date : 2024-03-26 DOI:10.1007/s10539-024-09945-1

Vanesa Triviño

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Abstract

In this paper, I aim to explore whether fitness, understood as a causal disposition, can be characterized as an emergent property of organisms, or if it is reducible to the anatomical, physiological, and environmentally relative properties that characterize them. In doing so, I refer to Jessica Wilson’s characterization of ontological emergence and examine if fitness meets her criteria for ontological emergent properties (dependence and autonomy); and, if so, to what degree (weak or strong).

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生物框架中的新兴主义：适应性案例

在本文中，我旨在探讨被理解为因果倾向的 "适存性 "是否可以被描述为生物体的一种新兴属性，或者它是否可以还原为生物体的解剖学、生理学和环境相关属性。在此过程中，我参考了杰西卡-威尔逊（Jessica Wilson）对本体论涌现特性的描述，并研究了适存性是否符合她对本体论涌现特性的标准（依赖性和自主性）；如果是，符合的程度如何（弱或强）。

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Biology & Philosophy 管理科学-科学史与科学哲学

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4.10

自引率

8.00%

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审稿时长

>12 weeks

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