On biological identity

Giovanni Boniolo; Massimiliano Carrara

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On biological identity

Giovanni Boniolo, Massimiliano Carrara

Istituto Europeo di Oncologia

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Abstract

In our paper, we propose a relativistic and metaphysically neutral identity criterion for biological entities. We start from the criterion of genidentity proposed by K. Lewin and H. Reichenbach. Then we enrich it to render it more philosophical powerful and so capable of dealing with the real transformations that occur in the extremely variegated biological world.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	443-457
Number of pages	15
Journal	Biology and Philosophy
Volume	19
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1023/B:BIPH.0000036163.02581.15
Publication status	Published - Jun 2004

Keywords

Body transformations
Identity
Ontology

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Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)

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