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The Metaphysics of Life Sciences

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Over the last fifty years, biology and life sciences have suggested many multifaceted challenges for metaphysics. The Metaphysics of Life Sciences is the first study of these challenges. This systematic study focuses on classical metaphysical debates, such as the divide between structural realism and antirealism, and the disputes between monists and pluralists, and essentialism and anti-essentialism. Divided into three parts, it covers amorphous reality (Part I), out of which life, organisms, and biological individuals are singled out and the means by which living entities are sorted (Part II), closely examining how entities are organized in a whole and whether bioengineered entities should be included in that whole or rather considered as artificial kinds. The final part of this study looks at microevolution, macroevolution, and epigenetic, behavioural, and cultural evolutions. By exploring the main issues that recent developments of biology and life sciences pose to metaphysicians, The Metaphysics of Life Sciences reveals the potential influence of this fast-growing branch of philosophy over classical fields such as metaphysics.

Author Biography:

Andrea Borghini is Associate Professor in Philosophy at the College of the Holy Cross, USA. Elena Casetta is a Research Fellow at the Center for Philosophy of Science of the Faculty of Science of the University of Lisbon, Portugal.
Release date NZ
November 20th, 2025
Pages
224
Audience
  • Tertiary Education (US: College)
ISBN-13
9781472584687
Product ID
26604816

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