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El nicho individualizado: un estudio de caso en el cambio conceptual científico

Katie H Morrow¹, Marie I Kaiser²

¹Department of Philosophy, Bielefeld University, Postfach 100131, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany; Institute for Studies of Science (ISoS), Bielefeld University, Germany.

Studies in history and philosophy of science

|August 30, 2025

Resumen

El cambio conceptual científico, particularmente el concepto de nicho individualizado, evolucionó de manera adaptativa para la nueva investigación. Su naturaleza pluralista actual puede ser neutral, pero ofrece flexibilidad en diversos contextos biológicos.

Área de la Ciencia:

Ecología
Filosofía de la Ciencia

Sus antecedentes:

Los conceptos científicos evolucionan con el tiempo.
El cambio conceptual puede ser impulsado por nuevos objetivos de investigación y datos empíricos.

Objetivo del estudio:

Explorar las causas y los resultados del cambio conceptual científico.
Introducir un marco para la caracterización del cambio conceptual.
Aplicar este marco al concepto de nicho individualizado.

Principales métodos:

Análisis de caso del concepto de nicho individualizado.
Trazado histórico del desarrollo conceptual.
Aplicación del marco a la investigación contemporánea.

Principales resultados:

El concepto de nicho individualizado se desarrolló de forma adaptativa a partir del pensamiento de nicho de la población.
La investigación contemporánea muestra aspectos pluralistas del concepto de nicho individualizado.
Algunos pluralismos pueden derivarse de razones neutrales y no epistémicas.

Conclusiones:

El cambio conceptual puede ser adaptativo o neutral.
El desarrollo adaptativo del concepto de nicho individualizado satisfizo las nuevas necesidades de investigación.
El pluralismo neutral en el concepto de nicho individualizado no es problemático y es potencialmente beneficioso para una aplicación más amplia.

Palabras clave:

Cambio conceptual Nicho ecológico Investigación basada en el individuo Dimensión del nicho Partición de nicho El pluralismo

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