Towards a characterization of metaphysics of biology: metaphysics for and metaphysics in biology

Since the last decades of the twentieth and the beginning of the twenty-first century, the use of metaphysics by philosophers when approaching conceptual problems in biology has increased. Some philosophers call this tendency in philosophy of biology ‘Metaphysics of Biology’ (Guay and Pradeu in Synt...

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Published inSynthese (Dordrecht) Vol. 200; no. 5; p. 428
Main Author Triviño, Vanesa
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 15.10.2022
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
21st century
Biology
Developmental biology
Education
Epistemology
Evolution & development
Evolutionary biology
Logic
Metaphysics
Ontology
Original Research
Philosophy
Philosophy of Language
Philosophy of Science
Positivism
Philosophy of biology
Metaphysics
biology
Metaphysics of biology
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Summary:Since the last decades of the twentieth and the beginning of the twenty-first century, the use of metaphysics by philosophers when approaching conceptual problems in biology has increased. Some philosophers call this tendency in philosophy of biology ‘Metaphysics of Biology’ (Guay and Pradeu in Synthese 1–20, 2017). In this paper, I aim at characterizing Metaphysics of Biology by paying attention to the diverse ways philosophers use metaphysics when addressing conceptual problems in biology. I will claim that there are two different modes of doing Metaphysics of Biology, namely Metaphysics for Biology and Metaphysics in Biology.
ISSN:1573-0964
0039-7857
1573-0964
DOI:10.1007/s11229-022-03897-3