Article ID: CBB076699513

Understanding viruses: Philosophical investigations (2016)

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Viruses have been virtually absent from philosophy of biology. In this editorial introduction, we explain why we think viruses are philosophically important. We focus on six issues (the definition of viruses, the individuality and diachronic identity of a virus, the possibility to classify viruses into species, the question of whether viruses are living, the question of whether viruses are organisms, and finally the biological roles of viruses in ecology and evolution), and we show how they relate to classic questions of philosophy of biology and even general philosophy.

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Authors & Contributors
Sankaran, Neeraja
Levina, Elena S.
Guttinger, Stephan
Neumeyer, Sybille
Forterre, Patrick
Abergel, Chantal
Concepts
Virology
Microbiology
Philosophy of biology
Development; growth; life; death
Molecular biology
Medicine
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
20th century, late
20th century, early
19th century
Places
Australia
Valencia (Spain)
United States
Russia
Europe
Soviet Union
Institutions
Institut Pasteur, Paris
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