Biological Individuality: Integrating Scientific, Philosophical, And Historical Perspectives

Synopsis

Introduction: Working Together On Individuality / Lynn K. Nyhart And Scott Lidgard -- The Work Of Biological Individuality: Concepts And Contexts / Scott Lidgard And Lynn K. Nyhart -- Cells, Colonies, And Clones: Individuality In The Volvocine Algae / Matthew D. Herron -- Individuality And The Control Of Life Cycles / Beckett Sterner -- Discovering The Ties That Bind: Cell-cell Communication And The Development Of Cell Sociology / Andrew S. Reynolds -- Alternation Of Generations And Individuality, 1851 / Lynn K. Nyhart And Scott Lidgard -- Spencer's Evolutionary Entanglement: From Liminal Individuals To Implicit Collectivities / Snait Gissis -- Biological Individuality And Enkapsis: From Martin Heidenhain's Synthesiology To The Völkisch National Community / Olivier Rieppel -- Parasitology, Zoology, And Society In France, Circa 1880-1920 / Michael A. Osborne -- Metabolism, Autonomy, And Individuality / Hannah Landecker -- Bodily Parts In The Structure-function Dialectic / Ingo Brigandt -- Commentaries: Historical, Biological, And Philosophical Perspectives -- Distrust That Particular Intuition: Resilient Essentialisms And Empirical Challenges In The History Of Biological Individuality / James Elwick -- Biological Individuality: A Relational Reading / Scott F. Gilbert -- Philosophical Dimensions Of Individuality / Alan C. Love And Ingo Brigandt. Scott Lidgard And Lynn K. Nyhart. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Mode Of Access: World Wide Web.