How the Immune System Works and the Idea of Biological Identity?

Abstract

F.M. Burnet was the first person to propose the self/non-self paradigm, which has been the foundation upon which the study of immunology has performed its operations for the past sixty years. According to this model, the immune system of an organism reacts solely to chemicals that are found outside of the organism, and not to chemicals that are found within the organism. The limitations of the self-versus-non-self distinction in terms of elucidating the findings of immunological research are brought to light by the findings of our investigatory investigation. One possible explanation for these shortcomings is that people have a philosophical understanding of biological identity that is excessively rigid. In this paper, we suggest that an alternative theory that is founded on the idea of continuity offers a more comprehensive explanation of immunological phenomena. In conclusion, the approach that is now being utilized creates a relationship between the philosophical debate between empiricism and substantialism and the immunological metaphysical change from individuality to interconnectivity.

Keywords- Immune System, Biological Identity