Cohesiveness is not an adequate theory of general individuation and it does not account for living individuals. (February 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ayala, David C
• Is Part Of: Adaptive behavior. Volume 28:Number 1(2020)
• Page Start: 31
• Page End: 32
• Publication Date: 2020-02
• Subjects: individual bodies -- autopoiesis; Animal behavior -- Periodicals; Animals -- Adaptation -- Periodicals; Adaptability (Psychology) -- Periodicals; Adaptation, Psychological -- Periodicals; Artificial intelligence -- Periodicals; 591.5
• DOI: 10.1177/1059712319833912
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1741-2633

Abstract

Villalobos and Razeto-Barry propose a theory of living individuals that includes both considerations about autopoietic systems and about material individuals. However, I think that their characterisation of individuality is problematic and would not be useful to account for living individuals.