Everything Flows: Towards a Processual Philosophy of Biology
Daniel J. Nicholson, John Dupre, (Editors)
This chapter argues that scientific and philosophical progress in our
understanding of the living world requires that we abandon a metaphysics
of things in favour of one centred on processes. We identify three main
empirical motivations for adopting a process ontology in biology:
metabolic turnover, life cycles, and ecological interdependence. We show
how taking a processual stance in the philosophy of biology enables us
to ground existing critiques of essentialism, reductionism, and
mechanicism, all of which have traditionally been associated with
substance ontology. We illustrate the consequences of embracing an
ontology of processes in biology by considering some of its implications
for physiology, genetics, evolution, and medicine. And we attempt to
locate the subsequent chapters of the book in relation to the position
we defend.
understanding of the living world requires that we abandon a metaphysics
of things in favour of one centred on processes. We identify three main
empirical motivations for adopting a process ontology in biology:
metabolic turnover, life cycles, and ecological interdependence. We show
how taking a processual stance in the philosophy of biology enables us
to ground existing critiques of essentialism, reductionism, and
mechanicism, all of which have traditionally been associated with
substance ontology. We illustrate the consequences of embracing an
ontology of processes in biology by considering some of its implications
for physiology, genetics, evolution, and medicine. And we attempt to
locate the subsequent chapters of the book in relation to the position
we defend.
Year:
2018
Publisher:
Oxford university press
Language:
english
Pages:
403
File:
PDF, 22.69 MB
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english, 2018
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