Plasticity in the Life SciencesAnalyzes the reasons why biologists have referred to and continue to refer to plasticity. Plasticity in the Life Sciences has become an important topic in biology, with some even wondering if it has now acquired the theoretical importance in biology that the concept of the gene enjoyed at the beginning of the last century. In this historical and epistemological study, philosopher Antonine Nicoglou shows how the recurrence of the general idea of