时间：2025年12月5日 9:30—11:30
地点：清华大学人文楼124
主题：Reproducees, reproducers, and Darwinian individuals
主讲人：Pierrick Bourrat (Macquarie University)
讲座摘要
This paper investigates the concept of reproduction in an evolutionary context. It draws a distinction between objects that are reproduced (reproducees), objects that reproduce thanks to some reproductive autonomy (reproducers), and Darwinian individuals that are reproducers with a high degree of reproductive causal control. This threefold distinction is then applied to different biological objects classically invoked in reproduction processes (e.g., genes, viruses, cells) to explain why they do not have the same status with respect to reproduction. The distinction also provides some fuel for the view proposed by Griesemer: that material overlap during reproduction is a condition for reproduction.
主讲人简介
Pierrick Bourrat is a Senior Lecturer and DECRA Fellow at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. He specialises in philosophy of biology. Together with Paul Griffiths, he heads the Theory and Method in Biosciences group. From 2017 to 2020 he was a Macquarie University Research Fellow. He completed a PhD in philosophy of biology at the University of Sydney in 2015. His work focuses on core concepts of evolutionary theory, such as fitness and heritability, as well as evolutionary transitions in individuality. His other interests include causation, the interplay between biological and cultural evolution and the evolution of religious beliefs.
