The question," What is an organism?," formerly considered as essential in biology, has now
been increasingly replaced by a larger question," What is a biological individual?" On the …

All epistemic agents physically consist of parts that must somehow comprise an integrated
cognitive self. Biological individuals consist of subunits (organs, cells, and molecular …

This timely book examines the rise of posthumanism as both a material condition and a
developing philosophical-ethical project in the age of cloning, gene engineering, organ …

In Biocultural Creatures, Samantha Frost brings feminist and political theory together with
findings in the life sciences to recuperate the category of the human for politics. Challenging …

What counts as an individual in the living world? What does it mean for a living thing to
remain the same through time, while constantly changing? These questions are the province …

This new Dictionary features a thoughtfully collated collection of over 150 jargon-free
definitions of key terms and concepts in postcolonial theory. Features a brief introduction to …

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 …

The definition of biological individuality is one of the most discussed topics in philosophy of
biology, but current debate has focused almost exclusively on evolution-based accounts …

Immunology is central to contemporary biology and medicine, but it also provides novel
philosophical insights. Its most significant contribution to philosophy concerns the …

We present a brief history of the immune response and show that Metchnikoff's theory of
inflammation and phagocytotic defense was largely ignored in the 20th century. For …