Publications

Agency and Autonomy

Newman, S. A. (n.d.). Inherency and agency in the origin and evolution of biological functions. "Inherency and Agency in the Origin and Evolution of Biological Functions." Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, blac109

Newman, S.A. (2012). "Physico-genetic determinants in the evolution of development." Science 338:217–219.

Newman, S.A. (2016). "’Biogeneric’ developmental processes: drivers of major transitions in animal evolution." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 371(1701). https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2015.0443.>

Newman, S.A. (2022). “Form, function, agency: sources of natural purpose in animal evolution.” In Evolution ‘on Purpose’: Teleonomy in Living Systems. Edited by P. Corning, D. Noble, J. Shapiro and R. Vane-Wright. Cambridge (MA): The MIT Press.

Nuño De La Rosa, L. (2023). Agency in Reproduction. Evolution & Development, ede.12440.

O’Malley, M.A. and Powell, R. (2016). “Major problems in evolutionary transitions: how a metabolic perspective can enrich our understanding of macroevolution.” Biology & Philosophy 31:159–189.

Okasha, S. (2018). Agents and Goals in Evolution. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Patten, M. M., Schenkel, M. A., & Ågren, J. A. (2023). Adaptation in the face of internal conflict: the paradox of the organism revisited. Biological Reviews, brv.12983.

Pepper, J.W. and Herron, M. (2008). “Does biology need an organism concept?” Biological Reviews 83:621–627.

Queller, D.C. and Strassman, J.E. (2009). “Beyond society: the evolution of organismality.” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Part B: Biological Sciences 364:3143–3155.

Rosen, R. (1991). Life Itself: A Comprehensive Inquiry into the Nature, Origin and Fabrication of Life. New York: Columbia University Press.

Rosslenbroich (2014). On the Origin of Autonomy: A New Look at the Major Transitions in Evolution. Springer Dordrecht.

Rosslenbroich, B. (2009). “Outline of a concept for an organismic systems biology.” Seminars in Cancer Biology 21(3):156–164.

Rosslenbroich, B. (2023). Evolutionary changes in the capacity for organismic autonomy. The Journal of Physiology, JP284414.

Rosslenbroich, B. (2023). Properties of Life: Toward a Theory of Organismic Biology. The MIT Press.

Russell, E.S. (1945). The Directiveness of Organic Activities. Cambridge (UK): Cambridge University Press.

Scott-Phillips, T.C., K.N. Laland, D.M. Shuker, T.E. Dickins and S.A. West. (2014). "The niche construction perspective: a critical appraisal." Evolution 68(5):1231–1243.

Sfara, E. (2023). From technique to normativity: the influence of Kant on Georges Canguilhem’s philosophy of life. History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, 45(16).

Sterelny, K. and Calcott, B. (2011). The Major Transitions in Evolution Revisited. Cambridge (MA): The MIT Press.

Sultan, S. E., Moczek, A. P., & Walsh, D. (2022). Bridging the explanatory gaps: What can we learn from a biological agency perspective? BioEssays, 44(1), e2100185.

Sultan, S., Moczek, A. and Walsh, D. (2021). “What can we learn from a biological agency perspective?” BioEssays 44.

Szathmary, E. (2015). “Toward major transitions theory 2.0.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, United States of America 112:10104–10111.

Tantiwong, C., Dunster, J. L., Cavill, R., Tomlinson, M. G., Wierling, C., Heemskerk, J. W. M., & Gibbins, J. M. (2023). An agent-based approach for modelling and simulation of glycoprotein VI receptor diffusion, localisation and dimerisation in platelet lipid rafts. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 3906.

Turner, J.S. (2007).The Tinkerer’s Accomplice: How Design Emerges from Life Itself. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.

Uller, T. (2023). Agency, Goal Orientation, and Evolutionary Explanations. Evolution "On Purpose": Teleonomy in Living Systems. MIT Press.