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portada Immunity and the Constitution of Identity. A Philosophical Account
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Author
Year
2027
Language
English
Pages
280
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
23.5x15.6 cm
ISBN13
9780197804643

Immunity and the Constitution of Identity. A Philosophical Account

Bartlomiej Swiatczak;Alfred I. Tauber (Author) · Oxford University Press · Paperback

Immunity and the Constitution of Identity. A Philosophical Account - Bartlomiej Swiatczak;Alfred I. Tauber

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Synopsis "Immunity and the Constitution of Identity. A Philosophical Account"

Immunity and the Constitution of Identity asks how the body becomes and remains itself. For decades, immunologists described the immune system as a border guard that defends a fixed “self” against foreign invaders. Swiatczak and Tauber argue that this picture is too narrow. The immune system does much more than fight infection. It sustains preg

Immunity and the Constitution of Identity offers a philosophical account of immunology as a science of biological identity. For much of the twentieth century the field rested on the self/non-self model introduced by Frank Macfarlane Burnet. This model presents the organism as a bounded and autonomous entity whose immune system defends a fixed inner self against the foreign. Research on the microbiome, pregnancy, cancer, and normal autoimmunity has challenged this picture. These cases show that the immune system tolerates and incorporates foreign elements rather than only rejecting them.

The book argues that immune identity is not a property the organism possesses in advance. It emerges through the ongoing developmental, microbial, and ecological relations with its environment. The authors distinguish etiological explanation, which traces the causal sequence of immune responses, from constitutive explanation, which asks what kind of relational whole the immune system is. The distinction supports a processual and ecological account of immune cognition and individuality. It shows how immunology informs central questions in the philosophy of biology, including what counts as an organism, how biological boundaries are drawn and maintained, and how living systems process meaning and context.

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