Abstract

In this short commentary on Rosenberg I shall focus on two main points. First, I will consider the argument against the informational role of genes. Second, I will examine the notion of program used by genocentrists. As a first aim, I intend to show that the argument against the informational role of genes is sound. Nevertheless it is not sufficient for philosophers to limit themselves to criticism of the notion of information in biology. What we need is an acceptable suggestion of the notion of information which can be used by biologists, neurobiologists etc. The second aim is a criticism of the genocentrists' notion of program, since there is no program implemented in the genome