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Organisms and Personal Identity - Individuation and the Work of David Wiggins (Paperback)
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Organisms and Personal Identity - Individuation and the Work of David Wiggins (Paperback)
Series: History and Philosophy of Biology
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Over his philosophical career, David Wiggins has produced a body of
work that, though varied and wide-ranging, stands as a coherent and
carefully integrated whole. In this book Ferner examines Wiggins'
conceptualist-realism, his sortal theory 'D' and his human being
theory in order to assess how far these elements of his systematic
metaphysics connect. In addition to rectifying misinterpretations
and analysing the relations between Wiggins' works, Ferner reveals
the importance of the philosophy of biology to Wiggins' approach.
This book elucidates the biological anti-reductionism present in
Wiggins' work and highlights how this stance stands as a productive
alternative to emergentism. With an analysis of Wiggins' construal
of substances, specifically organisms, the book goes on to discuss
how Wiggins brings together the concept of a person with the
concept of a natural substance, or human being. An extensive
introduction to the work of David Wiggins, as well as a
contribution to the dialogue between personal identity theorists
and philosophers of biology, this book will appeal to students and
scholars working in the areas of philosophy, biology and the
history of Anglophone metaphysics.
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