caa a22 4500 605448485 CHVBK 20210128100137.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10539-015-9494-y doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10539-015-9494-y Sterner Beckett University of Michigan, 2215 Angell Hall, 435 South State Street, 48109, Ann Arbor, MI, USA aut Pathways to pluralism about biological individuality [Elektronische Daten] [Beckett Sterner] What are the prospects for a monistic view of biological individuality given the multiple epistemic roles the concept must satisfy? In this paper, I examine the epistemic adequacy of two recent accounts based on the capacity to undergo natural selection. One is from EllenClarke, and the other is by PeterGodfrey-Smith. Clarke's position reflects a strong monism, in that she aims to characterize individuality in purely functional terms and refrains from privileging any specific material properties as important in their own right. I argue that Clarke's functionalism impairs the epistemic adequacy of her account compared to a middle-ground position taken by Godfrey-Smith. In comparing Clarke and Godfrey-Smith's account, two pathways emerge to pluralism about biological individuality. The first develops from the contrast between functionalist and materialist approaches, and the second from an underlying temporal structure involved in using evolutionary processes to define individuality. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2015 Multi-level selection nationallicence Natural selection nationallicence Fitness nationallicence Function nationallicence Evolutionary transitions nationallicence Group selection nationallicence Biology & Philosophy Springer Netherlands 30/5(2015-09-01), 609-628 0169-3867 30:5<609 2015 30 10539 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-015-9494-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-015-9494-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Sterner Beckett University of Michigan, 2215 Angell Hall, 435 South State Street, 48109, Ann Arbor, MI, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Biology & Philosophy Springer Netherlands 30/5(2015-09-01), 609-628 0169-3867 30:5<609 2015 30 10539