CRC TRR 212 - D01: Function and fitness in individual niches – Conceptual and explanatory issues

Basic data for this project

Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted outside University of Münster

Duration at the University of Münster: 01/01/2018 - 31/12/2021 | 1st Funding period

Description

This project develops explications of the concepts of function and of fitness so that both concepts are applicable in the new explanatory context of an individualised niche. It analyses the explanatory roles of the two concepts in theories of niche choice, niche conformance, and niche construction, with a particular interest in cases of individualised niches. Moreover, it surveys how particular explanatory goals are reflected in the use of these concepts in the empirical projects of the CRC, and compares the findings with the analytical results.

Keywords: Theoretische Philosophie; Bioinformatik; Theoretische Biologie

Website of the project: https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/biologie/crc212/projects/D01.html

DFG-Gepris-ID: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/396781674

Funding identifier: TRR 212/1 D01 | DFG project number: 316099922

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