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Forces, Friction and Fractionation: Denis Walsh’s Organism, Agency and Evolution.

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Currie, AM 

Abstract

In Denis Walsh’s Organisms, Agency, and Evolution, he argues that new developments in the science of biology motivate a radical change to our metaphysical picture of life: what he calls ‘Situated Darwinism’. The central claim is that we should take the biological world to be at base about organisms, and organisms in a fundamentally teleological sense. We critically examine Walsh’s arguments and suggest further developments.

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50 Philosophy and Religious Studies, 5002 History and Philosophy Of Specific Fields

Journal Title

Biology and Philosophy

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Journal ISSN

0169-3867

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Publisher

Springer Nature
Sponsorship
Templeton World Charity Foundation (TWCF) (177155)
John Templeton Foundation (via University of St Andrews) (13337)