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Thomas Pradeu
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Individuals Across the Sciences
2015
International audience; What are individuals? How can they be identified? These are crucial questions for philosophers and scientists alike. Criteria of individuality seem to differ markedly between metaphysics and the empirical sciences - and this might well explain why no work has hitherto attempted to relate the contributions of metaphysics, physics and biology on this question. This timely volume brings together various strands of research into 'individuality', examining how different sciences handle the issue, and reflecting on how this scientific work relates to metaphysical concerns. The collection makes a major contribution to clarifying and overcoming obstacles to the construction …
Une objectivité kaléidoscopique : construire l'image scientifique du monde
2011
article accepté par la revue Philosophie, en cours de publication, date de publication provisoire; National audience