The superpowers of proteins

Francesca Bellazzi

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Abstract

Nowadays we all care about our proteins. Supermarket products proudly show the amount of proteins they contain and we are all somehow familiar with different protein powders. However, from the biochemical perspective, proteins are extremely complex: they have many properties and they can do a lot of different things. This complexity generates a variety of conflicting ways of arranging proteins into different taxonomies, but why is it so?
In this short piece, I do a short philosophical analysis of some of the problems concerning protein kinds in the philosophy of biochemistry.
Original languageEnglish
PublisherJargonium Blog
Media of outputBlog
Publication statusPublished - 5 May 2022

Bibliographical note

The research for this blog has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's (EU) Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, grant agreement No 771509 ('MetaScience').

Keywords

  • Proteins
  • Philosophy of Biochemistry
  • Natural Kinds
  • Taxonomies
  • Multiple realisation
  • Multiple determination
  • Functions
  • MetaScience

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  • MetaScience: The Metaphysical Unity of Science

    Tahko, T. (Principal Investigator), Seifert, V. A. (Researcher), Friend, T. T. (Researcher), Kimpton-Nye, S. (Researcher), Bellazzi, F. (Student), Franklin, A. (Other ) & Morgan, W. H. (Researcher)

    1/09/18 → 31/08/23

    Project: Research

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