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In the Future There Will Be No Genes

In the Future There Will Be No Genes Acta Biotheor (2018) 66:149–157 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10441-018-9316-0 BOOK REVIEW Making Sense of Genes, Kostas Kampourakis. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2017, x + 307 pp Oren Harman Received: 9 February 2018 / Accepted: 10 February 2018 / Published online: 19 February 2018 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V., part of Springer Nature 2018 1 Introduction Science is a form of storytelling. We speak of energy, simultaneity, bonding, and altruism. We describe electrons “jumping”, stars “shooting”, flowers “opening up”, pigeons “cooing” and monkeys falling in love. Concepts like these all have a mean- ing in our own lives. Science is infused with metaphor and allegory, representing a limitation of language, a genuine philosophical paradox, and a source of creativ- ity. It is difficult, perhaps even impossible, to rid scientific definitions of the human nuances that are contained in them. Despite its specialized language, it is yet uttered and imagined by humans. Science is a form of storytelling, but it is a form of competitive storytelling, none- theless: it gives names to things, and produces narratives based on a method that has undergone impressive refinement. In this sense it is unique compared to other forms of storytelling, like mythology, or fiction. For there are limits in that place where our http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Acta Biotheoretica Springer Journals

In the Future There Will Be No Genes

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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 2018 by Springer Science+Business Media B.V., part of Springer Nature
Subject
Philosophy; Philosophy of Biology; Evolutionary Biology
ISSN
0001-5342
eISSN
1572-8358
DOI
10.1007/s10441-018-9316-0
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Acta Biotheor (2018) 66:149–157 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10441-018-9316-0 BOOK REVIEW Making Sense of Genes, Kostas Kampourakis. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2017, x + 307 pp Oren Harman Received: 9 February 2018 / Accepted: 10 February 2018 / Published online: 19 February 2018 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V., part of Springer Nature 2018 1 Introduction Science is a form of storytelling. We speak of energy, simultaneity, bonding, and altruism. We describe electrons “jumping”, stars “shooting”, flowers “opening up”, pigeons “cooing” and monkeys falling in love. Concepts like these all have a mean- ing in our own lives. Science is infused with metaphor and allegory, representing a limitation of language, a genuine philosophical paradox, and a source of creativ- ity. It is difficult, perhaps even impossible, to rid scientific definitions of the human nuances that are contained in them. Despite its specialized language, it is yet uttered and imagined by humans. Science is a form of storytelling, but it is a form of competitive storytelling, none- theless: it gives names to things, and produces narratives based on a method that has undergone impressive refinement. In this sense it is unique compared to other forms of storytelling, like mythology, or fiction. For there are limits in that place where our

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Published: Feb 19, 2018

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