A Matter of Individuality.¶
Hull, D. L. (1978). A Matter of Individuality. Philosophy of Science, 45(3), 335-360.
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Primes¶
- Identity-Preserving Modification
- In biology, an organism grows and turns over its material while its identity persists through enormous change — the commitment that change can alter without ending is foundational to speaking of an organism at all.
This sourceArgues organisms (and species) are historical individuals whose identity persists through extensive material change over time.
Supported in partVerified against the publisher's abstract
Hull's abstract backs only the frame that an entity can be a spatiotemporally localized historical individual; it never mentions organisms, growth, material turnover, or identity persisting through it.
“If they are to perform the function which they do in the evolutionary process, they must be spatiotemporally localized individuals, historical entities.”
- In biology, an organism grows and turns over its material while its identity persists through enormous change — the commitment that change can alter without ending is foundational to speaking of an organism at all.
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