Biological Organization and Cross-Generation Functions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8399703 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cristian Saborido (0000-0001-8778-4298, University of the Basque Country), Matteo Mossio (0000-0003-0831-0815, University of the Basque Country), Alvaro Moreno (0000-0002-2612-8403, University of the Basque Country) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 583-606 |
| Publication date | 2011-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0882 • E-ISSN: 1464-3537 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjps/axq034 |
| OpenAlex | W2067251894 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 31 |
| References cited | 34 |
The organizational account of biological functions interprets functions as contributions of a trait to the maintenance of the organization that, in turn, maintains the trait. As has been recently argued, however, the account seems unable to provide a unified grounding for both intra- and cross-generation functions, since the latter do not contribute to the maintenance of the same organization which produces them. To face this ‘ontological problem’, a splitting account has been proposed, according to which the two kinds of functions require distinct organizational definitions. In this article, we propose a solution for the ontological problem, by arguing that intra- and cross-generation functions can be said to contribute in the same way to the maintenance of the biological organization, characterized in terms of organizational self-maintenance. As a consequence, we suggest maintaining a unified organizational account of biological functions. 1 Introduction2 Self-reproduction of Traits: Proposals and Criticism 2.1 Schlosser’s and McLaughlin’s accounts 2.2 Delancey’s ‘splitting account’3 Self-maintenance of Systems 3.1 Functions and organizational closure 3.2 Second order self-maintaining systems? 3.3 A solution to the ontological problem4 Conclusions
Epistemology · Mathematical economics · Computer Science · Mathematics · Origins and Evolution of Life · Philosophy · Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies
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Two dimensions of the biological function debate
A Generalized Selected Effects Theory of Function
The Enactive Conception of Life
What Biological Functions Are and Why They Matter
On uniqueness claims and the nature of language
The purpose of behavior and the meaning of thought
Organism and artifact
Is the creation of artificial life morally significant
Revisiting darwinian teleology
Can functionality in evolving networks be explained reductively
Organisms≠Machines
The ‘Is’ and the ‘Ought’ of the Animal Organism
What teleology (if any) does the Organisational Approach naturalise
From the Organizational Theory of Ecological Functions to a New Notion of Sustainability
Biological Interests, Normative Functions, and Synthetic Biology
Hegel's Organizational Account of Biological Functions
The new evil demon problem at 40
Communication as Socially Extended Active Inference
Teleology and biocentrism
Organizational normativity and teleology
What makes biological organisation teleological
Teleology and function in non-living nature
A persistence enhancing propensity account of ecological function to explain ecosystem evolution
Whose purposes? Biological teleology and intentionality
Invasive species and natural function in ecology
Against Organizational Functions
Conserving Functions across Generations
Mechanistic Explanations and Teleological Functions
The Return of the Organism as a Fundamental Explanatory Concept in Biology
Normal-proper functions in the philosophy of mind
Language, Thought, and Other Biological Categories
Investigations
Darwinian Populations and Natural Selection
Functional Analysis
Functions
A typology for the classification, description and valuation of ecosystem functions, goods and services
Ontology and Teleofunctions
Autonomy in evolution
Assigning biological functions
Self-re-Production and Functionality
In Defense of Proper Functions
Functions as Selected Effects
Functions
Wright on Functions
An Organizational Account of Biological Functions
| Unique citing works | 31 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,21 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2026 (15) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 28 |