Individuality as a Theoretical Scheme. II. About the Weak Individuality of Organisms and Ecosystems

Biological Theory 9 (4):374-381 (2014)
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Following a previous elaboration of the concept of weak individuality and some examples of its instances in ecology and biology, the article focuses on general features of the concept, arguing that in any ontological field individuals are understood on the basis of our knowledge of interactions, through the application of these general formulas for extracting individuals from interactions. Then, the specificities of the individuality in the sense of this weak concept are examined in ecology; I conclude by addressing the differences between ecosystems and organisms as they appear in the viewpoint of such concept.

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Philippe Huneman
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