10 documents found, page 1 of 1

The Multi-Causal Basis of Developmental Potential Construction

In this article we analyse the issue of what accounts for developmental potential, i.e., the possible phenotypes a developing organism can manifest during ontogeny. We shall argue in favour of two theses. First, although the developing organism is the unit of development, the complete causal basis for its potential to develop does neither lie entirely in itself as a whole nor in any specific part of itself (suc...

Emergence, Downward Causation, and Interlevel Integrative Explanations

In this article, I propose a unified account of systemic emergence, downward causation, and interlevel integrative explanations. First, I argue for a relational-transformational notion of emergence and a structural-relational account of downward causation in terms of both its transformational and conditioning effects. In my view, downward causation can avoid the problems traditionally attributed to it, provided...

The Multi-Causal Basis of Developmental Potential Construction

Fish communities in the lower Tagus inland wetlands: from anthropogenic pressur...

Inland wetlands are important biodiversity hotspots and amongst the most impacted ecosystems worldwide. Conservation management and restauration actions in wetlands are thus urgently needed to reverse trends in species loss and habitat degradation, particularly in regions harbouring already endangered endemic species. Inland wetlands may play an important role in supporting endemic endangered fishes in the Lowe...

Philosophy needs to face up to the global problems of our times

A relational-constructionist account of protein macrostructure and function

One of the foundational problems of biochemistry concerns the conceptualisation of the relationship between the composition, structure and function of macromolecules like proteins. Part of the recent philosophical literature displays a reductionist bias, that is, the endorsement of a form of microstructuralism mirroring an out-dated biochemical conceptualisation. We shall argue that such microstructuralist appr...

Integrated-structure emergence and its mechanistic explanation

This paper proposes an integrated-structure notion of interlevel (part-whole) emergence, from a dynamic relational ontological perspective. First, I will argue that only the individualist essentialism of atomistic metaphysics can block the possibility of interlevel emergence. Then I will show that we can make sense of emergence by recognizing the formation of structures of transformative and interdependent caus...

Adaptabilidade e estabilidade da produção de grão em feijão comum (Phaseolus vu...

Objetivou-se com este trabalho avaliar a adaptabilidade e estabilidade da produtividade de grão de feijão comum, cultivados em seis ambientes, no sul do Estado do Tocantins, Brasil. Os ensaios foram conduzidos com um delineamento estatístico em blocos ao acaso, com quatro repetições, em três entressafras. Para a realização das análises de adaptabilidade e estabilidade utilizaram-se as cultivares IAC-Una, BRS-Es...

Ontologia e predicação na teoria lógico-semiológica dos modos de acepção dos te...

Ontologia e predicação na teoria lógico-semiológica dos modos de acepção dos te...