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Functions
New Essays in the Philosophy of Psychology and Biology
Taschenbuch von Mark Perlman
Sprache: Englisch

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In explaining aspects of the natural world, including the aspects of mind, scientists have frequently used the concept of function. But what are functions? Here, 15 leading scholars of philosophy of psychology and philosophy of biology present new essays on functions.
In explaining aspects of the natural world, including the aspects of mind, scientists have frequently used the concept of function. But what are functions? Here, 15 leading scholars of philosophy of psychology and philosophy of biology present new essays on functions.
Über den Autor
Robert Cummins is Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Davis

Mark Perlman is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Western Oregon University

Andre Ariew is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Rhode Island
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Introduction

  • History of Teleology and functional explanation: from Socrates to Darwin and Beyond

  • 2: Michael Ruse: Evolutionary Biology and Teleological Thinking

  • Analysis: Functional Explanations Today

  • 4: Ruth Millikan: Biofunctions: Two Paradigms

  • 5: Valerie Gray Hardcastle: On the Normativity of Functions

  • 6: Robert Cummins: Neo-Teleology

  • 7: William Wimsatt: Functional Organization, Analogy, and Inference

  • 8: David J. Buller: Function and Design Revisited

  • 9: Peter H. Schwartz: The Continuing Usefulness Account of Proper Function

  • Teleosemantics

  • 11: Berent Enc: Indeterminacy of Function Attributions

  • 12: D. M. Walsh: Brentano's Chestnuts

  • Related Issues

  • 14: Colin Allen: Real Traits, Real Functions?

  • 15: Karen Neander: Types of Traits: Function, structure, and homology in the classification of traits

  • Biographies, Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
Genre: Technik allg.
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780199255818
ISBN-10: 0199255814
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Redaktion: Perlman, Mark
Hersteller: OUP Oxford
Maße: 234 x 156 x 25 mm
Von/Mit: Mark Perlman
Erscheinungsdatum: 11.07.2002
Gewicht: 0,69 kg
Artikel-ID: 108633826
Über den Autor
Robert Cummins is Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Davis

Mark Perlman is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Western Oregon University

Andre Ariew is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Rhode Island
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Introduction

  • History of Teleology and functional explanation: from Socrates to Darwin and Beyond

  • 2: Michael Ruse: Evolutionary Biology and Teleological Thinking

  • Analysis: Functional Explanations Today

  • 4: Ruth Millikan: Biofunctions: Two Paradigms

  • 5: Valerie Gray Hardcastle: On the Normativity of Functions

  • 6: Robert Cummins: Neo-Teleology

  • 7: William Wimsatt: Functional Organization, Analogy, and Inference

  • 8: David J. Buller: Function and Design Revisited

  • 9: Peter H. Schwartz: The Continuing Usefulness Account of Proper Function

  • Teleosemantics

  • 11: Berent Enc: Indeterminacy of Function Attributions

  • 12: D. M. Walsh: Brentano's Chestnuts

  • Related Issues

  • 14: Colin Allen: Real Traits, Real Functions?

  • 15: Karen Neander: Types of Traits: Function, structure, and homology in the classification of traits

  • Biographies, Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
Genre: Technik allg.
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780199255818
ISBN-10: 0199255814
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Redaktion: Perlman, Mark
Hersteller: OUP Oxford
Maße: 234 x 156 x 25 mm
Von/Mit: Mark Perlman
Erscheinungsdatum: 11.07.2002
Gewicht: 0,69 kg
Artikel-ID: 108633826
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