#PhilosophyOfScience
#epistemology
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wrt John Dupré's
#PhilosophyOfBiology :
for all those considering to deal with persistence in time, and hence regularly at pains with an 'enduring substance' concept as inherited from the questionable Aristotle-Porphyry (Isagoge) tradition,
John Dupré's 2022 paper [oa at RG], taking some biological species as #IndividualProcess'
imop is an excellent & rather short read
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/367709660_Some_Species_Are_Processes
as well in that it treats the topic in the context of scientific discussion and practice in biology, and does so not only for an epistemic but as well for a scientific end.
the broader perspective may be found in editors #intro of OUP [oa] book
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/everything-flows-9780198779636?cc=us&lang=en&#
e.g. relating the used 'process' concept back to Bergson and Whitehead.
#philosophyofscience #epistemology #metaphysics #philosophyofbiology #individualprocess #intro