Year: 2023
Type: article
Abstract: Despite the growing number of proposals defining life, the difficulties in reaching a minimum consensus when defining it have been increasing. These problems have led a significant number of authors to consider that life cannot be defined. However, such criticisms are based on the idea of life as an essentialist natural kind. On the other hand, there are non-essentialist alternatives when defining life, which are frequently ignored by critics. Among these proposals, it will be shown that considering life as a promiscuous natural kind can solve some of the difficulties with the concept of life.
Author: Soler Parra, Jaime
Language: English
Subfield: History and Philosophy of Science
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6999428537