1. Beyond Horses and Oak Trees: A New Theory of Individuation for Living Entities -- 2. The Biological and Philosophical Roots of Individuality -- 3. Individuality and Equivocation
4. The Necessity of Biological Origin and Substantial Kinds -- 5. Generation and Corruption -- 6. Personal Identity Naturalized: Our Bodies, Our Selves -- App. Identity and Sortals: Why Relative Identity Is
Summary
"In this book, Jack Wilson brings together two lines of research, theoretical biology and analytic metaphysics, that have dealt with the individuation of living entities in virtual isolation from one another
Wilson presents a new theory of biological individuality that addresses problems that cannot be solved by either field alone."--Jacket
"This is a book of interest to philosophers of biology, metaphysicians, and biologists."--Jacket
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-134) and index
