Guay, Alexandre and Pradeu, Thomas
(2015)
To Be Continued: The Genidentity of Physical and Biological Processes.
pp. 317-347.
Abstract
The concept of genidentity has been proposed as a way to better understand identity through time, especially in physics and biology. The genidentity view is utterly antisubstantialist insofar as it suggests that the identity of X through time does not presuppose whatsoever the existence of a permanent “core” or “substrate” of X. Yet applications of this concept to real science have been scarce and unsatisfying. In this chapter, the aim is to show that a well-defined concept of functional genidentity can be crucial to shedding light on identity through time in classical physics and especially in biology. Finally, the chapter shows that understanding identity on the basis of continuity suggests a move toward an ontology of processes.
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