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  1. Book ; Online: New Mechanism

    Cordovil, João L / Santos, Gil / Vecchi, Davide

    Explanation, Emergence and Reduction

    (History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences ; 35)

    2024  

    Author's details edited by João L. Cordovil, Gil Santos, Davide Vecchi
    Series title History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences ; 35
    Keywords Knowledge, Theory of ; Science/Philosophy ; Machine learning
    Language English
    Size 1 Online-Ressource (XII, 272 p. 1 illus)
    Edition 1st ed. 2024
    Publisher Springer International Publishing ; Imprint: Springer
    Publishing place Cham
    Document type Book ; Online
    HBZ-ID HT030624188
    ISBN 978-3-031-46917-6 ; 9783031469169 ; 9783031469183 ; 9783031469190 ; 3-031-46917-8 ; 303146916X ; 3031469186 ; 3031469194
    DOI 10.1007/978-3-031-46917-6
    Database ZB MED Catalogue: Medicine, Health, Nutrition, Environment, Agriculture

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  2. Book ; Online: From Assessing to Conserving Biodiversity

    Casetta, Elena / Marques da Silva, Jorge / Vecchi, Davide

    Conceptual and Practical Challenges

    (History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences ; 24)

    2019  

    Author's details edited by Elena Casetta, Jorge Marques da Silva, Davide Vecchi
    Series title History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences ; 24
    Keywords Biology-Philosophy ; Biodiversity ; Ecology ; Endangered ecosystems ; Artenreichtum ; Biodiversität ; Ökosystem
    Subject Biosystem ; Ökosysteme ; Biologische Vielfalt ; Vielfalt ; Artenvielfalt ; Artenmannigfaltigkeit
    Subject code 570.1
    Language English
    Size 1 Online-Ressource (XIV, 452 p. 36 illus)
    Edition 1st ed. 2019
    Publisher Springer International Publishing ; Imprint: Springer
    Publishing place Cham
    Document type Book ; Online
    HBZ-ID HT020115696
    ISBN 978-3-030-10991-2 ; 9783030109905 ; 9783030109929 ; 3-030-10991-7 ; 3030109909 ; 3030109925
    DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-10991-2
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  3. Book ; Online: From Assessing to Conserving Biodiversity : Conceptual and Practical Challenges

    Casetta, Elena / Marques da Silva, Jorge / Vecchi, Davide

    2019  

    Keywords Philosophy ; Ecological science, the Biosphere ; Biodiversity ; Biology-Philosophy ; Geoecology ; Environmental geology ; Ecosystems
    Size 1 electronic resource (452 pages)
    Publisher Springer Nature
    Publishing place Cham
    Document type Book ; Online
    Note English ; Open Access
    HBZ-ID HT021028818
    ISBN 978-3-030-10991-2 ; 3-030-10991-7
    Database ZB MED Catalogue: Medicine, Health, Nutrition, Environment, Agriculture

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  4. Article ; Online: Herd Immunity: History, Concepts, and Ethical Rationale.

    Vecchi, Davide / Airoldi, Giorgio

    Perspectives in biology and medicine

    2024  Volume 66, Issue 1, Page(s) 38–57

    Abstract: Public health emergencies are fraught by epistemic uncertainty, which raises policy issues of how to handle that uncertainty and devise sustainable public health responses. Among such responses, a herd immunity policy might be an option. Particularly ... ...

    Abstract Public health emergencies are fraught by epistemic uncertainty, which raises policy issues of how to handle that uncertainty and devise sustainable public health responses. Among such responses, a herd immunity policy might be an option. Particularly before the development of vaccines, the current COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the polarized nature of the political debate concerning the ethical feasibility of herd immunity strategies. This article provides a conceptual framework tailored to uncover the ethical rationale behind such strategies. Clarity on this issue is important in order to facilitate the terms of the political debate when tackling future health emergencies.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Immunity, Herd ; COVID-19/prevention & control ; SARS-CoV-2/immunology ; COVID-19 Vaccines ; Pandemics/ethics ; Public Health/ethics
    Chemical Substances COVID-19 Vaccines
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-04-25
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 80373-x
    ISSN 1529-8795 ; 0031-5982
    ISSN (online) 1529-8795
    ISSN 0031-5982
    DOI 10.1353/pbm.2023.0003
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  5. Article ; Online: The Multi-Causal Basis of Developmental Potential Construction.

    Vecchi, Davide / Santos, Gil

    Acta biotheoretica

    2023  Volume 71, Issue 1, Page(s) 6

    Abstract: In this article we analyse the issue of what accounts for developmental potential, i.e., the possible phenotypes a developing organism can manifest during ontogeny. We shall argue in favour of two theses. First, although the developing organism is the ... ...

    Abstract In this article we analyse the issue of what accounts for developmental potential, i.e., the possible phenotypes a developing organism can manifest during ontogeny. We shall argue in favour of two theses. First, although the developing organism is the unit of development, the complete causal basis for its potential to develop does neither lie entirely in itself as a whole nor in any specific part of itself (such as its genome). Thus, the extra-organismal environment must be counted as one of the three necessary, partial and complementary causal bases for development potential. Secondly, we shall defend a constructivist view of the developmental process. If the genome, the developing organism and the extra-organismal environment are to be counted as proper elements of the causal basis for an organism's developmental potential, the latter is not a given. Rather, it is the result of an interaction-based construction, a process sometimes generating genuine developmental novelty. We will thus argue for an interactionist multi-causal basis view of developmental potential construction. We contend that our view provides a biologically tenable and metaphysically coherent account of developmental dynamics.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Phenotype ; Causality ; Biological Evolution
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-01-30
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 63-2
    ISSN 1572-8358 ; 0001-5342
    ISSN (online) 1572-8358
    ISSN 0001-5342
    DOI 10.1007/s10441-023-09456-8
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  6. Article ; Online: DNA is not an ontologically distinctive developmental cause.

    Vecchi, Davide

    Studies in history and philosophy of biological and biomedical sciences

    2019  Volume 81, Page(s) 101245

    Abstract: In this article I critically evaluate the thesis that DNA is an ontologically distinctive developmental cause. I shall critically analyse different versions of the latter thesis by taking into consideration concrete developmental cases. I shall argue ... ...

    Abstract In this article I critically evaluate the thesis that DNA is an ontologically distinctive developmental cause. I shall critically analyse different versions of the latter thesis by taking into consideration concrete developmental cases. I shall argue that DNA is neither a developmental determinant nor an ontologically distinctive developmental cause. Instead, I shall argue that mechanistic analysis shows that DNA's causal role in development depends on the higher robustness of the developmental processes in which it exerts its causal capacities. The focus on process and developmental system implies a metaphysical shift: rather than attributing to DNA molecules biochemically unique properties, I suggest that it might be better to think about DNA's causal role in development in terms of the causal capacities that DNA molecules manifest in a rich developmental milieu. I shall also suggest that my position is distinct both from the view advocating the instrumental primacy of DNA-centric biology and developmental constructionism. It is different from the former because it provides a substantial answer to the question of what makes DNA causally central in developmental processes. Finally, I argue that evolutionary considerations pose an important challenge to developmental constructionism.
    MeSH term(s) Biological Evolution ; Biological Ontologies ; DNA ; Developmental Biology/methods ; Metaphysics
    Chemical Substances DNA (9007-49-2)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-12-30
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1500765-0
    ISSN 1879-2499 ; 1369-8486
    ISSN (online) 1879-2499
    ISSN 1369-8486
    DOI 10.1016/j.shpsc.2019.101245
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  7. Article ; Online: Correction to: The road from evidence to policies and the erosion of the standards of democratic scrutiny in the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Airoldi, Giorgio / Vecchi, Davide

    History and philosophy of the life sciences

    2021  Volume 43, Issue 2, Page(s) 82

    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-06-10
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Published Erratum
    ZDB-ID 2094240-0
    ISSN 1742-6316 ; 0391-9714
    ISSN (online) 1742-6316
    ISSN 0391-9714
    DOI 10.1007/s40656-021-00435-1
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  8. Article ; Online: The road from evidence to policies and the erosion of the standards of democratic scrutiny in the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Airoldi, Giorgio / Vecchi, Davide

    History and philosophy of the life sciences

    2021  Volume 43, Issue 2, Page(s) 66

    Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic poses extraordinary public health challenges. In order to respond to such challenges, most democracies have relied on so-called 'evidence-based' policies, which supposedly devolve to science the burden of their justification. ... ...

    Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic poses extraordinary public health challenges. In order to respond to such challenges, most democracies have relied on so-called 'evidence-based' policies, which supposedly devolve to science the burden of their justification. However, the biomedical sciences can only provide a theory-laden evidential basis, while reliable statistical data for policy support is often scarce. Therefore, scientific evidence alone cannot legitimise COVID-19 public health policies, which are ultimately based on political decisions. Given this inevitable input on policy-making, the risk of arbitrariness is ubiquitous and democratic scrutiny becomes essential to counter it. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the standards of scientific and democratic scrutiny have been, as a matter of fact, substantially lowered. This erosion potentially damages democracy.
    MeSH term(s) COVID-19/epidemiology ; COVID-19/prevention & control ; Democracy ; Evidence-Based Practice/standards ; Government ; Health Policy ; Humans ; Policy Making
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-04-30
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2094240-0
    ISSN 1742-6316 ; 0391-9714
    ISSN (online) 1742-6316
    ISSN 0391-9714
    DOI 10.1007/s40656-021-00419-1
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  9. Article: The Interactive Construction of Biological Individuality Through Biotic Entrenchment.

    Hernández, Isaac / Vecchi, Davide

    Frontiers in psychology

    2019  Volume 10, Page(s) 2578

    Abstract: 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, ...

    Abstract 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.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-12-02
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2563826-9
    ISSN 1664-1078
    ISSN 1664-1078
    DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02578
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  10. Article ; Online: Mutational randomness as conditional independence and the experimental vindication of mutational Lamarckism.

    Razeto-Barry, Pablo / Vecchi, Davide

    Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

    2017  Volume 92, Issue 2, Page(s) 673–683

    Abstract: The Modern Synthesis enshrined natural selection as the driver of adaptive evolution mainly by eliminating competing explanations. One of the eliminated competitors was Lamarckism, particularly 'mutational Lamarckism', a hypothesis according to which ... ...

    Abstract The Modern Synthesis enshrined natural selection as the driver of adaptive evolution mainly by eliminating competing explanations. One of the eliminated competitors was Lamarckism, particularly 'mutational Lamarckism', a hypothesis according to which mutations may be directed towards producing phenotypes that improve the performance of the organism in a particular environment. Contrary to this hypothesis, the Modern Synthesis' view claims that mutations are 'random', even though the precise meaning of the term was never formally explicated. Current evidence seemingly in favour of the existence of legitimate cases of mutational Lamarckism has revitalized interest to seek a clarification of the meaning of the term 'random' in this context. Herein we analyse previous definitions of random mutations and show that they are deficient in three ways: either they are too wide, or too narrow, or dyadic. We argue that the linguistic expression 'random mutation' refers to a triadic rather than a dyadic relationship, propose a new, formal and precise definition based on the probabilistic concept of conditional independence, and finally provide examples of its application. One important consequence of our analysis is that the genomic specificity of the mutational process is not a necessary condition for the existence of mutational Lamarckism.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-05
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1423558-4
    ISSN 1469-185X ; 0006-3231 ; 1464-7931
    ISSN (online) 1469-185X
    ISSN 0006-3231 ; 1464-7931
    DOI 10.1111/brv.12249
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