Individuation, Process, and Scientific Practices
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This book provides novel perspectives, grounded in scientific practices, on individuality and individuation, subjects traditionally treated by metaphysicians. It connects the concepts of the individual and individuation with analyses of scientific experimentation, and merges philosophy with scientific study in biology, physics, and chemistry.

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This book provides novel perspectives, grounded in scientific practices, on individuality and individuation, subjects traditionally treated by metaphysicians. It connects the concepts of the individual and individuation with analyses of scientific experimentation, and merges philosophy with scientific study in biology, physics, and chemistry.
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Otávio Bueno is Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Philosophy Department at the University of Miami. He works in the philosophies of science, of mathematics and of logic, epistemology, and philosophy of art. He is the author of Applying Mathematics: Immersion, Inference, Interpretation (with Steven French, Oxford University Press), and over 180 research articles. He is editor-in-chief of Synthese. Ruey-Lin Chen is Professor of Philosophy at National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan. His current research interest is in the philosophy of science across physical, biological, and experimental cases. He is the author of four books and more than forty articles in history and philosophy of science in Chinese. He also published a number of journal articles and book chapters in English. Melinda Bonnie Fagan is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Utah, where she holds the Sterling M. McMurrin Chair. Her research focuses on experimental practice in biology (particularly stem cell and developmental biology), explanation, and modeling. She is the author of Philosophy of Stem Cell Biology (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013) and more than forty articles and book chapters on topics in philosophy of science and biology.