Functions : new essays in the philosophy of psychology and biology
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Functions : new essays in the philosophy of psychology and biology
Oxford University Press, 2002
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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ISBN 9780199255801
内容説明
Fifteen leading contributors to philosophy of psychology and philosophy of biology present new essays on functions, specially written for this volume. In explaining aspects of the natural world, including the aspects of mind, scientists have frequently used the concept of function. But what are functions? These essays illuminate this crucial but problematic concept, and will be fascinating reading for philosophers and scientists alike.
目次
- Introduction
- 1. PLATONIC AND ARISTOTELIAN ROOTS OF TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENTS IN COSMOLOGY AND BIOLOGY
- 2. Evolutionary Biology and Teleological Thinking
- 3. A REBUTTAL ON FUNCTIONS
- 4. Biofunctions: Two Paradigms
- 5. On the Normativity of Functions
- 6. Neo-Teleology
- 7. Functional Organization, Analogy, and Inference
- 8. Function and Design Revisited
- 9. The Continuing Usefulness Account of Proper Function
- 10. PAGAN TELEOLOGY: ADAPTATIONAL ROLE AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF MIND
- 11. Indeterminacy of Function Attributions
- 12. Brentano's Chestnuts
- 13. HUMAN RATIONALITY AND THE UNIQUE ORIGIN CONSTRAINT
- 14. Real Traits, Real Functions?
- 15. Types of Traits: Function, structure, and homology in the classification of traits
- Biographies, Index
- 巻冊次
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: pbk ISBN 9780199255818
内容説明
to follow
目次
- 1. PLATONIC AND ARISTOTELIAN ROOTS OF TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENTS IN COSMOLOGY AND BIOLOGY
- 3. A REBUTTAL ON FUNCTIONS
- 10. PAGAN TELEOLOGY: ADAPTATIONAL ROLE AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF MIND
- 13. HUMAN RATIONALITY AND THE UNIQUE ORIGIN CONSTRAINT
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