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The Interactive Construction of Biological Individuality Through Biotic Entrenchment
In this article, we propose to critically evaluate whether a closure of constraints interpretation can make sense of biotic entrenchment, the process of assimilation and functional integration of environmental elements of biotic origin in development and, eventually, evolution. In order to achieve t...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6900962/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31849738 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02578 |
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description | In this article, we propose to critically evaluate whether a closure of constraints interpretation can make sense of biotic entrenchment, the process of assimilation and functional integration of environmental elements of biotic origin in development and, eventually, evolution. In order to achieve the aims of our analysis, we shall focus on multi-species partnerships, biological systems characterised by ontogenetic dependencies of various strengths between the partners. Our main research question is to tackle the foundational problem posed by the dynamics of biotic entrenchment characterising multi-species partnerships for the closure of constraints interpretation, namely, to understand for which biological system (i.e., the partners taken individually or the partnership as the encompassing system) closure of constraints is realised. Through the analysis of significant illustrative examples, we shall progressively refine the closure thesis and articulate an answer to our main research question. We shall also propose that biotic entrenchment provides a chief example of the phenomenon of interactive and horizontal construction of biological individuality and inter-identity. |
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spelling | pubmed-69009622019-12-17 The Interactive Construction of Biological Individuality Through Biotic Entrenchment Hernández, Isaac Vecchi, Davide Front Psychol Psychology In this article, we propose to critically evaluate whether a closure of constraints interpretation can make sense of biotic entrenchment, the process of assimilation and functional integration of environmental elements of biotic origin in development and, eventually, evolution. In order to achieve the aims of our analysis, we shall focus on multi-species partnerships, biological systems characterised by ontogenetic dependencies of various strengths between the partners. Our main research question is to tackle the foundational problem posed by the dynamics of biotic entrenchment characterising multi-species partnerships for the closure of constraints interpretation, namely, to understand for which biological system (i.e., the partners taken individually or the partnership as the encompassing system) closure of constraints is realised. Through the analysis of significant illustrative examples, we shall progressively refine the closure thesis and articulate an answer to our main research question. We shall also propose that biotic entrenchment provides a chief example of the phenomenon of interactive and horizontal construction of biological individuality and inter-identity. Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-12-02 /pmc/articles/PMC6900962/ /pubmed/31849738 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02578 Text en Copyright © 2019 Hernández and Vecchi. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Hernández, Isaac Vecchi, Davide The Interactive Construction of Biological Individuality Through Biotic Entrenchment |
title | The Interactive Construction of Biological Individuality Through Biotic Entrenchment |
title_full | The Interactive Construction of Biological Individuality Through Biotic Entrenchment |
title_fullStr | The Interactive Construction of Biological Individuality Through Biotic Entrenchment |
title_full_unstemmed | The Interactive Construction of Biological Individuality Through Biotic Entrenchment |
title_short | The Interactive Construction of Biological Individuality Through Biotic Entrenchment |
title_sort | interactive construction of biological individuality through biotic entrenchment |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6900962/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31849738 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02578 |
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