Molter, Daniel (2016) On Mushroom Individuality. [Preprint]

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This paper is an application of the principles of individuality found in Guay and Pradeu (2016a) to illuminate biological individuality in mushrooms. I begin with the distinction between logico-cognitive individuals and ontological individuals (Chauvier 2016), and then I argue for genidentity (Lewin 1922, Guay and Pradeu 2016b) plus material continuity, as a minimum conception of ontological individuality in biology. Of the many materially-continuous genidenticals found in fungi, only those with functional roles in biological theory, either evolutionary or physiological, warrant consideration. Given numerous ways that theory picks out materially-continuous genidenticals in fungi, I argue for a pluralistic account of mushroom individuality.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Molter, Daniel dan.molter@utah.edu
Keywords:	Mushroom, Genidentical, Biological Individual, Theoretical Individuation
Subjects:	General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory Specific Sciences > Biology > Function/Teleology
Depositing User:	Mr. Daniel Molter
Date Deposited:	25 Oct 2016 13:02
Last Modified:	25 Oct 2016 13:02
Item ID:	12512
Subjects:	General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory Specific Sciences > Biology > Function/Teleology
Date:	1 March 2016
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/12512

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