Usman Ali: Anucleate Platelets as a Test Case for Biological Agency
Usman Ali, Senior Biomedical Scientist (Haematology) at Barts Health NHS Trust, shared on LinkedIn about his recent article, published in MetaScientia: Journal of the History and Philosophy of Science, adding:
“My paper, ‘Can an Anucleate Cell Fragment Be an Agent? The Platelet as a Limit Case of Biological Agency,’ has now been published in MetaScientia: Journal of the History and Philosophy of Science.
The paper brings platelet biology into the philosophical debate on agency.
At a time when questions of agency, autonomy and goal-directedness are increasingly important in discussions of artificial intelligence, the platelet offers a striking biological boundary case: an anucleate cell fragment capable of state-dependent regulation and environment-directed action, yet lacking full biological autonomy.
To my knowledge, platelets have not previously been developed as a dedicated test case in this debate.”
Title: Can an Anucleate Cell Fragment Be an Agent? The Platelet as a Limit Case of Biological Agency
Authors: Usman Ali
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