In the first part of this study, Aging is agings: towards a recursive definition of biological aging(s); part 1, definition the following definition of biological aging(s) was introduced:
Biological aging is agings underneath, the result of multiple, diverse, separate but malleable processes, eventually compromising normal functions of the organism at different rates and at all levels.
Today it is explication time to build up the argument behind this definition. I have 4 points to offer today in the forms of questions and brief descriptive hints in the titles, here they are.
#1 What is the most confusing thing about biological aging? It’s diversity, plurality and broad-spectrum
#2 Why we need to come up with a good working definition of biological aging? Because current status looks like a prescientific and confusing mess
#3 Why we must come up with a good consensus definition? To acknowledge and further the emerging consensus framework within aging research
#4 What kind of definition we would like to come up with? An explicative one, both stipulative and descriptive, innovative and conservative at the same time Continue reading “Aging is agings: a recursive definition of biological aging(s); part 2, Explication”