Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy 1 (1) (2019)
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The impressive variation amongst biological individuals generates many complexities in addressing the simple-sounding question what is a biological individual? A distinction between evolutionary and physiological individuals is useful in thinking about biological individuals, as is attention to the kinds of groups, such as superorganisms and species, that have sometimes been thought of as biological individuals. More fully understanding the conceptual space that biological individuals occupy also involves considering a range of other concepts, such as life, reproduction, and agency. There has been a focus in some recent discussions by both philosophers and biologists on how evolutionary individuals are created and regulated, as well as continuing work on the evolution of individuality.
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| Keywords | biological individuals, natural kinds, groups, life cycles, lineags, species, living things, autonomy, organisms, evolutionary individuals, physiological individuals |
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