Acknowledgments ............................................... vii
List of Figures ................................................ ix
Introduction .................................................... 1
1 Immunology, Self and Nonself ................................ 15
2 The Self-Nonself Theory ..................................... 49
3 Critique of the Self-Nonself Theory ......................... 85
4 The Continuity Theory ...................................... 131
5 Comparing the Continuity Theory to Other Immunological
Theories ................................................... 185
6 What Is an Organism? Immunity and the Individuality of
the Organism ............................................... 219
Conclusion .................................................... 267
Notes ......................................................... 271
References .................................................... 275
Index ......................................................... 299
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