For biologists, philosophers of biology, and cognitive scientists, the Evolving Individuality 2024 conference will run @ Macquarie University from 2 – 4 December, focusing on biological individuality and evolution. Registration is essential:
These articles argue that the ‘selected effect’ functions of a trait often do not explain the trait because rather than natural selection ‘designing’ traits ‘for’ functions traits are often explained by complex and counter-intuitive dynamics of populations under selection.
Also our reply: Let’s Get to Work: A Response to Our Commentators This reply and the Target Article were a collaboration between Josh Christie, Carl Brusse, Pierrick Bourrat, Peter Takacs and Paul Griffiths of the TMB group