DiFrisco, James and Ramsey, Grant (2023) Adaptationism and Trait Individuation. [Preprint]
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Adaptationism is often taken to be the thesis that most traits are adaptations. In order to assess this thesis, it seems we must be able to establish either an exhaustive set of all traits or a representative sample of this set. Either task requires a more systematic and principled way of individuating traits than is currently available. Moreover, different trait individuation criteria can make adaptationism turn out true or false. For instance, individuation based on natural selection may render adaptationism true, but may do so by presupposing adaptationism. In this paper, we show how adaptationism depends on trait individuation and that the latter is an open and unsolved problem.
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| Keywords: | Adaptation, adaptationism. trait, individuation, function, selection | |||||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology Specific Sciences > Biology > Developmental Biology Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory Specific Sciences > Biology > Function/Teleology Specific Sciences > Biology > Molecular Biology/Genetics Specific Sciences > Biology > Systematics |
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| Depositing User: | Dr. Grant Ramsey | |||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 18 Jan 2023 17:59 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 18 Jan 2023 17:59 | |||||||||
| Item ID: | 21671 | |||||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology Specific Sciences > Biology > Developmental Biology Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory Specific Sciences > Biology > Function/Teleology Specific Sciences > Biology > Molecular Biology/Genetics Specific Sciences > Biology > Systematics |
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| Date: | January 2023 | |||||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/21671 |
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