Adrian Stencel
Biographic Data
| ID | 5997246 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Adrian Stencel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Adrian |
| FAMILY NAME | Stencel |
| SIGNATURE | STENCEL A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Jagiellonian University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3933-2059 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Mereological Perspectivism in Philosophy of Biology
This paper presents the philosophical implications of the position that we call mereological perspectivism . Mereological perspectivism asserts that determining whether a composite biological object constitutes a single unit (an individual) necessarily depends on the selection of privileged parts of the composite. First, we show how mereological perspectivism is used in several debates in philosophy of biology (biological individuality, ecosystem…
Two kinds of evolutionary individuals: The concept of common interest as an evolutionary foundation of dualism on biological individuality
What is a biological individual? This is a question that has been of interest to biologists and philosophers for a long time. The usual response is an attempt either to find a single, unifying concept (a monistic stance) or to justify the existence of multiple concepts, for instance, by referring to scientific practice (a pluralistic stance). In this paper, I adopt a pluralistic stance and focus on evolutionary studies. I argue that in the contex…
How many ways can you die? Multiple biological deaths as a consequence of the multiple concepts of an organism
According to the mainstream position in the bioethical definition of death debate, death is to be equated with the cessation of an organism. Given such a perspective, some bioethicists uphold the position that brain-dead patients are dead, while others claim that they are alive. Regardless of the specific opinion on the status of brain-dead patients, the mere bioethical concept of death, according to many bioethicists, has the merit of being unan…
The failure of drug repurposing for Covid-19 as an effect of excessive hypothesis testing and weak mechanistic evidence
The current strategy of searching for an effective treatment for COVID-19 relies mainly on repurposing existing therapies developed to target other diseases. Conflicting results have emerged in regard to the efficacy of several tested compounds but later results were negative. The number of conducted and ongoing trials and the urgent need for a treatment pose the risk that false-positive results will be incorrectly interpreted as evidence for tre…
Rethinking hereditary relations: The reconstitutor as the evolutionary unit of heredity
This paper introduces the reconstitutor as a comprehensive unit of heredity within the context of evolutionary research. A reconstitutor is the structure resulting from a set of relationships between different elements or processes that are actively involved in the recreation of a specific phenotypic variant in each generation regardless of the biomolecular basis of the elements or whether they stand in a continuous line of ancestry. Firstly, we …
Rethinking hereditary relations: The reconstitutor as the evolutionary unit of heredity
This paper introduces the reconstitutor as a comprehensive unit of heredity within the context of evolutionary research. A reconstitutor is the structure resulting from a set of relationships between different elements or processes that are actively involved in the recreation of a specific phenotypic variant in each generation regardless of the biomolecular basis of the elements or whether they stand in a continuous line of ancestry. Firstly, we …
How many ways can you die? Multiple biological deaths as a consequence of the multiple concepts of an organism
According to the mainstream position in the bioethical definition of death debate, death is to be equated with the cessation of an organism. Given such a perspective, some bioethicists uphold the position that brain-dead patients are dead, while others claim that they are alive. Regardless of the specific opinion on the status of brain-dead patients, the mere bioethical concept of death, according to many bioethicists, has the merit of being unan…
The failure of drug repurposing for Covid-19 as an effect of excessive hypothesis testing and weak mechanistic evidence
The current strategy of searching for an effective treatment for COVID-19 relies mainly on repurposing existing therapies developed to target other diseases. Conflicting results have emerged in regard to the efficacy of several tested compounds but later results were negative. The number of conducted and ongoing trials and the urgent need for a treatment pose the risk that false-positive results will be incorrectly interpreted as evidence for tre…
Rethinking hereditary relations: The reconstitutor as the evolutionary unit of heredity
This paper introduces the reconstitutor as a comprehensive unit of heredity within the context of evolutionary research. A reconstitutor is the structure resulting from a set of relationships between different elements or processes that are actively involved in the recreation of a specific phenotypic variant in each generation regardless of the biomolecular basis of the elements or whether they stand in a continuous line of ancestry. Firstly, we …
Mereological Perspectivism in Philosophy of Biology
This paper presents the philosophical implications of the position that we call mereological perspectivism . Mereological perspectivism asserts that determining whether a composite biological object constitutes a single unit (an individual) necessarily depends on the selection of privileged parts of the composite. First, we show how mereological perspectivism is used in several debates in philosophy of biology (biological individuality, ecosystem…
Two kinds of evolutionary individuals: The concept of common interest as an evolutionary foundation of dualism on biological individuality
What is a biological individual? This is a question that has been of interest to biologists and philosophers for a long time. The usual response is an attempt either to find a single, unifying concept (a monistic stance) or to justify the existence of multiple concepts, for instance, by referring to scientific practice (a pluralistic stance). In this paper, I adopt a pluralistic stance and focus on evolutionary studies. I argue that in the contex…
Biology (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Philosophy of science (3 works) · Embodied and Extended Cognition (2 works) · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Ontology (2 works) · Philosophy and History of Science (2 works) · Philosophy of biology (2 works)