Denis Noble has produced a succinct analysis of the ‘Illusions of the Modern Synthesis’. At the heart of the matter is the place of agency in organisms. This paper examines the nature of conscious agent action in organisms, and the role of affects in shaping agent choice. It examines the dual role these have in shaping evolution, and in the social worlds of scientists that shape evolutionary theory. Its central claim follows Noble, that agency is central to the structure of organisms, and raises careful consideration for the role animal agency and affective evaluations in biology, and in biologists.

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进化中的代理与选择

丹尼斯·诺布尔（Denis Noble）对“现代综合的幻象”进行了简洁的分析。问题的核心是有机体中代理的位置。本文研究了有机体中有意识的代理人行为的性质，以及影响因素在塑造代理人选择中的作用。它研究了它们在塑造进化论以及塑造进化论的科学家的社会世界中的双重作用。它的主要主张是在Noble之前提出的，该机构对生物体结构至关重要，并仔细考虑了动物机构和情感评估在生物学和生物学家中的作用。