This article reviews the production of different phenotypes from the same genotype in the
same environment by stochastic cellular events, nonlinear mechanisms during patterning …

Given one conception of biological individuality (evolutionary, physiological, etc.), can a
holobiont–that is the host+ its symbiotic (mutualistic, commensalist and parasitic) …

Science is the study of our world, as it is in its messy reality. Nonetheless, science requires
idealization to function—if we are to attempt to understand the world, we have to find ways to …

In The Structure of the World, Steven French articulates and defends the bold claim that
there are no objects. At the most fundamental level, modern physics presents us with a world …

John Dupré explores recent revolutionary developments in biology and considers their
relevance for our understanding of human nature and human society. Epigenetics and …

In 1859 Darwin described a deceptively simple mechanism that he called" natural selection,"
a combination of variation, inheritance, and reproductive success. He argued that this …

Biological individuality is a notoriously thorny topic for biologists and philosophers of
biology. In this paper we argue that biological individuality presents multiple, interconnected …

Darwin described forces of selection acting upon individuals, but there remains a great deal
of controversy about the exact status and definition of a biological individual. Recently some …

Is the mammalian embryo/fetus a part of the organism that gestates it? According to the
containment view, the fetus is not a part of, but merely contained within or surrounded by, the …

18 Peter Godfrey-Smith assumptions about individuality. Much of the quantitative side of
evolutionary theory was fashioned while thinking about organisms for which individuality …