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  • Evolutionary biology
  • Philosophy of science

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  • The Modern Synthesis provides a foundational framework for understanding adaptive evolution.
  • The Agential Perspective is an emerging theoretical framework in evolutionary biology.

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  • To compare and contrast the ontologies of the Modern Synthesis and Agential Perspective using Rasmus Grønfeldt Winther's 'countermap' concept.
  • To analyze the trade-offs inherent in scientific perspectives on evolution.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized the 'countermap' methodology to compare theoretical ontologies.
  • Analyzed the strengths and limitations of each perspective regarding generality and fidelity of evolutionary processes.

Main Results:

  • The Modern Synthesis offers broad applicability to population dynamics but distorts biological evolutionary processes.
  • The Agential Perspective provides higher fidelity to biological processes at the cost of generality.

Conclusions:

  • Both perspectives involve inherent trade-offs between generality and representational fidelity.
  • Avoiding 'illicit reification' is crucial to prevent mistaking perspective features for non-perspectival reality.
  • The Modern Synthesis may commit illicit reification in its representation of evolutionary biology.