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  • Developmental Biology
  • Philosophy of Science

Background:

  • Understanding developmental potential is crucial for explaining organismal diversity.
  • Existing models often overemphasize internal factors like the genome.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a novel framework for understanding developmental potential.
  • To argue for a multi-causal, interactionist view of development.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis of developmental biology and causality.
  • Philosophical argumentation for constructivism in development.

Main Results:

  • Identified three necessary causal bases for developmental potential: the organism, its genome, and the extra-organismal environment.
  • Proposed that developmental potential is constructed through interactions, not predetermined.

Conclusions:

  • Developmental potential is an emergent property of complex interactions.
  • This interactionist, multi-causal view offers a more biologically and metaphysically robust account of development.