Rowan the Selfsame<p>I am currently viewing “Ontology of the Gene, Information in Biology, Units of Selection” by <a href="https://youtube.com/@twohandsphilosophy#" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/@twohandsphilosoph</span><span class="invisible">y#</span></a>.</p><p>[ <a href="https://c.im/tags/WatchAlong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WatchAlong</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/LiveTooting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiveTooting</span></a> ] I will be quoting this Toot with <a href="https://c.im/tags/responses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>responses</span></a> to and <a href="https://c.im/tags/questions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>questions</span></a> about the information presented by the <a href="https://c.im/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>video</span></a>.</p><p>The description of the video at <a href="https://youtu.be/tdtRNff44jY#" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/tdtRNff44jY#</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> is as follows (note that hashtags have been included for ease of federated topical searches):</p><p>This is Two Hands <a href="https://c.im/tags/Philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Philosophy</span></a>, in which my friends and I discuss philosophical topics to <a href="https://c.im/tags/learn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>learn</span></a> from each other and from our readings. This <a href="https://c.im/tags/discussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>discussion</span></a> with Rodrigo Vanegas and Theral Timpson considered the following topics and philosophers: the <a href="https://c.im/tags/ontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ontology</span></a> of the <a href="https://c.im/tags/gene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gene</span></a>, information in <a href="https://c.im/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a>, and units of selection after reading papers by Paul Griffiths, Karola Stotz, Peter Godfrey-Smith, and Elizabeth Lloyd.</p><p>Hull, Ruse (2007) The Cambridge Companion to the Philosophy of Biology - <a href="https://philpapers.org/rec/HULTCC-2" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">philpapers.org/rec/HULTCC-2</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>Griffiths, Stotz (2007) Gene - <a href="https://philpapers.org/rec/GRIG" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">philpapers.org/rec/GRIG</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>Godfrey-Smith (2007) Information in Biology - <a href="https://philpapers.org/rec/GODIIB" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">philpapers.org/rec/GODIIB</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>Lloyd (2007) Units and Levels of Selection – <a href="https://philpapers.org/rec/LLOUAL-2" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">philpapers.org/rec/LLOUAL-2</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <br>Thomson (1971) A Defense of Abortion – <a href="https://philpapers.org/rec/THOADO-2" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">philpapers.org/rec/THOADO-2</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Defense_of_Abortion" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Defens</span><span class="invisible">e_of_Abortion</span></a> <br>Pande (2018) How to Engineer Biology – <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/observations/how-to-engineer-biology" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scientificamerican.com/blog/ob</span><span class="invisible">servations/how-to-engineer-biology</span></a><br>Timpson (2024) The Gene and The Podcast - <a href="https://www.fivewiththeral.com/p/the-gene-and-the-podcast-interview" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fivewiththeral.com/p/the-gene-</span><span class="invisible">and-the-podcast-interview</span></a><br>Mendelspod – <a href="https://www.mendelspod.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">mendelspod.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>Information – <a href="https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/information" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">plato.stanford.edu/entries/inf</span><span class="invisible">ormation</span></a> <br>Biological Information – <a href="https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/information-biological" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">plato.stanford.edu/entries/inf</span><span class="invisible">ormation-biological</span></a> <br><a href="https://c.im/tags/Reductionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reductionism</span></a> in Biology – <a href="https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/reduction-biology" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">plato.stanford.edu/entries/red</span><span class="invisible">uction-biology</span></a> <br><a href="https://c.im/tags/Nominalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nominalism</span></a> – <a href="https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/nominalism-metaphysics" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">plato.stanford.edu/entries/nom</span><span class="invisible">inalism-metaphysics</span></a> <br><a href="https://c.im/tags/Mechanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mechanism</span></a> – <a href="https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/science-mechanisms" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">plato.stanford.edu/entries/sci</span><span class="invisible">ence-mechanisms</span></a> <br>Beauty - <a href="https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/beauty" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">plato.stanford.edu/entries/bea</span><span class="invisible">uty</span></a><br><a href="https://c.im/tags/Dawkins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dawkins</span></a> (1976) The Selfish Gene – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Selfish_Gene" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Self</span><span class="invisible">ish_Gene</span></a> <br>Dennett, Daniel – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Dennett" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_D</span><span class="invisible">ennett</span></a> <br>Dupré – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dupr%C3%A9" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dup</span><span class="invisible">r%C3%A9</span></a> <br>Bacon, Francis – <a href="https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/francis-bacon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">plato.stanford.edu/entries/fra</span><span class="invisible">ncis-bacon</span></a> <br>Popper, Karl – <a href="https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/popper" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">plato.stanford.edu/entries/pop</span><span class="invisible">per</span></a> <br>Scruton, Roger - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Scruton" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Sc</span><span class="invisible">ruton</span></a></p>