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PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
Volume 67, Issue 2, Pages 177-194Publisher
UNIV CHICAGO PRESS
DOI: 10.1086/392768
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The use of informational terms is widespread in molecular and developmental biology. The usage dates back to Weismann. In both protein synthesis and in later development, genes are symbols, in that there is no necessary connection between their form (sequence) and their effects. The sequence of a gene has been determined, by past natural selection, because of the effects it produces. Tn biology, the use of informational terms implies intentionality, in that both the form of the signal, and the response to it, have evolved by selection. Where an engineer sees design, a biologist sees natural selection.
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