- Tytuł:
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Warunki doboru naturalnego a ewolucyjne definicje życia
The Conditions of Natural Selection and Evolutionary Definitions of Life - Autorzy:
- Chodasewicz, Krzysztof
- Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/967496.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2016-03-01
- Wydawca:
- Uniwersytet Warszawski. Wydział Filozofii
- Opis:
- The aim of this paper is to provide an analysis which connects the discussionabout the definition of life with the discussion about the requirements for evolutionby natural selection. One of the most popular definitions of life is the so-calledDarwinian definition, according to which “life is a self-sustained chemical systemcapable of undergoing Darwinian evolution” (Joyce 1994: xi). It is an example of abroader family of evolutionary definitions. The problem of defining life causes a lotof controversy. Still, the fundamental requirements for natural selection are also asubject of discussion. This implies that different formulations of basic conditions fornatural selection are relevant for defining life. In other words, a given formulation ofbasic conditions for selection will result in a different classification of phenomena(as living or not) by the Darwinian or other evolutionary definition. The basic conditionsfor selection can also be important for some operational and other methodologicalaspects of the definition of life.In this paper, I analyse the classical approach to natural selection (represented byLewontin, Endler, and Maynard Smith), the replicator-interactor framework forselection (put forward by Dawkins and Hull), and “non-classical” approaches forselection (represented by Bourrat, Bouchard, and Gecow). Godfrey-Smith’s “antiessentialist”conception of Darwinian space is also taken into account. Finally, I arguethat although Bourrat’s approach seems to have very interesting implications fordefining life, it cannot (at this stage) replace the classical formulation as the bestbasis for the Darwinian definition of life.Keywords: natural selection, classical requirements for natural selection, replicator-interactor conception of natural selection, non-classical (non-standard) approachto natural selection, definition of life, evolutionary definition of life, Darwinian definitionof life, philosophy of biology
- Źródło:
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Filozofia Nauki; 2016, 24, 1; 41-73
1230-6894
2657-5868 - Pojawia się w:
- Filozofia Nauki
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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