Biological Individuality

Central concept challenged in paper; traditionally defined by genetic identity or evolutionary units but shown to be more about cognitive organization and information integration.

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The collective intelligence of evolution and development
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Property where development and behavior of whole is non-decomposable function of component parts; distinct from genetic individuality.
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Argues against purely genetic definitions of the self.
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Individuality defined by being a unit of selection possessing heritable variation in fitness; properties that properly belong to the new level
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What Constitutes Organismic Individuality Independent Of Genetic Relatednessquestion0.821
Evolutionary Individualityconcept0.814
Property where evolution of the whole is non-decomposable function of evolution of parts; central to understanding ETIs.