Calcott, Brett (2020) A Roomful of Robovacs: How to Think About Genetic Programs. Philosophical Perspectives on the Engineering Approach in Biology: Living Machines?.
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The notion of a genetic program has been widely criticized by both biologists and philosophers. But the debate has revolved around a narrow conception of what programs are and how they work, and many criticisms are linked to this same conception. To remedy this, I outline a modern and more apt idea of a program that possesses many of the features critics thought missing from programs. Moving away from over-simplistic conceptions of programs opens the way to a more fruitful interplay of ideas between the complexity of biology and our most complex engineering discipline.
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| Keywords: | Genetic Programs | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology Specific Sciences > Biology > Developmental Biology |
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| Depositing User: | Dr Brett Calcott | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 24 Aug 2020 02:54 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 24 Aug 2020 02:54 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 18019 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Philosophical Perspectives on the Engineering Approach in Biology: Living Machines? | ||||||
| Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351212243 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology Specific Sciences > Biology > Developmental Biology |
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| Date: | June 2020 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/18019 |
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