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Evolutionary transitions must be explained by bottom-up selection on existing lower-level units without presupposing higher-level unit

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Design for an Individual: Connectionist Approaches to the Evolutionary Transitions in Individuality

(2022) · Watson, Richard A. · Levin, Michael · Buckley, Christopher L.

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Causal emergence in biological systems
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Examines how macro-scale causal power exceeds micro-scale in living and learning systems.
Agential evolution & biological individuality
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Frames evolution as producing goal-directed, problem-solving agents across nested scales of individuality.
Evolutionary individuality and hierarchical agency
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Multi-level selection theory examining how non-aggregative fitness interactions enable higher-order units as genuine evolutionary agents, emphasizing problem-solving over predetermined mechanisms.

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How to explain the origins of Darwinian properties without already invoking their presence at the level they emerge?
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Veit's formulation of the circular reasoning problem in ETI theory; encapsulates the core theoretical puzzle.

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Before a transition, the higher-level unit of selection does not exist, yet complex adaptations creating that unit must evolve through bottom-up selection on lower-level units.claim0.892
Central theoretical puzzle in ETI research: explains why existing frameworks struggle with ETI explanation.
How can selection explain adaptations at system level before the higher-level unit exists as an evolutionary unit?question0.876
Fundamental challenge: conventional evolutionary theory cannot explain system-level features required for ETI without presupposing the higher-level unit.
Evolutionary transitions in individuality correspond to deep interaction structures or perhaps other mechanisms of multi-scale dynamics.hypothesis0.836
Concrete proposal about necessary architecture for ETIs.
How Can Evolutionary Transitions Create New Levels Ofquestion0.824
Evolutionary units change over evolutionary time and new units arise at new levels of organisation.claim0.822
Emphasizes the dynamic nature of evolutionary individuality.
Evolutionary transitions to new complex life forms mirror Alexander's levels of scale, each producing new nested centers with division of labor and interdependence.claim0.810
Major evolutionary transitions—from prokaryotes to eukaryotes to multicellular life—are structure-preserving transformations at the scale of life-organization itself.claim0.808
Evolution learns to generalize beyond default morphologies, producing problem-solving machines.claim0.800
Argues that evolutionary learning goes beyond specific adaptations.

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How can bottom-up selection on lower-level units produce higher-level collective adaptation?questions/how-can-bottomup-selection-on-lowerlevel-units-produce.md0.890
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How can evolutionary transitions create new levels of biological organization and individuality?questions/how-can-evolutionary-transitions-create-new-levels-of.md0.853
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How do evolutionary transitions in individuality occur at the level of organization?questions/how-do-evolutionary-transitions-in-individuality-occur-at.md0.843
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Under what conditions can deep interaction structures evolve without presupposing the higher-level evolutionary unit?questions/under-what-conditions-can-deep-interaction-structures-evolve.md0.839
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How do major evolutionary transitions create new levels of biological organization?questions/how-do-major-evolutionary-transitions-create-new-levels.md0.836
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Can relationships among lower-level evolutionary individuals become adaptively organized by selection on those lower-level units without presupposing a higher-level evolutionary unit?questions/can-relationships-among-lowerlevel-evolutionary-individuals-become-adaptively.md0.835
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How can particles evolve to control and take advantage of collective benefits despite experiencing reversed selection pressure across contexts?questions/how-can-particles-evolve-to-control-and-take.md0.832
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What mechanisms enable major evolutionary transitions in individuality?questions/what-mechanisms-enable-major-evolutionary-transitions-in-individuality.md0.832
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How can traits that increase non-aggregative components of collective heritability evolve through bottom-up selection when they may ultimately oppose particle-level fitness?questions/how-can-traits-that-increase-nonaggregative-components-of.md0.828
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How do evolutionary transitions in individuality emerge from lower-level coordination?questions/how-do-evolutionary-transitions-in-individuality-emerge-from.md0.823
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Major Transitions In Evolutionframeworks/major-transitions-in-evolution-framework.md0.821
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Evolutionary Transitionconcepts/biology/evolutionary-transition.md0.814