Wieloraka realizacja warunków doboru i jej konsekwencje
Multiple realization of the conditions for natural selection and its consequences

Summary/Abstract: The text analyzes the problem of the multiple realization of the conditions for natural selection: variation, reproduction and heredity. The main emphasis is placed on the third of these characteristics. The main objective of the analysis is to show that a capacity for multiple realization would exist even if we omit the arguments based on astrobiology and artificial life and focus solely on the analysis of the genetics of known forms of life.The text also discusses the implications of the multiple realizability thesis for such issues as: reductionism in biology, definition of life, research on epigenetics and the autonomy of biology. The importance of multiple realization for the study of the levels of selection and the major transitions in evolution is also highlighted.

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