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- What Biological Functions Are and Why They Matter
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- What Biological Functions Are and Why They Matter
- Item Length
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- Cambridge University Press
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- Philosophy & Social Aspects, Life Sciences / Biology
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- 2021
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The biological functions debate is a perennial topic in the philosophy of science. This accessible and jargon-free book presents an innovative new approach to biological functions and applies it to contemporary problems in philosophy of mind, philosophy of medicine and psychiatry, philosophy of biology, and biology itself.
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Cambridge University Press
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110846002x
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9781108460026
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Publication Name
What Biological Functions Are and Why They Matter
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Trade Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Philosophy & Social Aspects, Life Sciences / Biology
Publication Year
2021
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Science
Number of Pages
247 Pages
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9 in
Item Height
0.6 in
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6 in
Item Weight
11.9 Oz
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Qh331.G28 2021
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'Biological functions are much discussed but little understood. Justin Garson appeals to the explanatory depth of functional explanations to develop a powerful general theory of functions. This book will serve as a reference point for future debate.' David Papineau, King's College London
Table of Content
Introduction; Part I. Background: 1. The strangeness of functions; 2. Function and selection; 3. Feedback and functions; Part II. Theory: 4. An explosion of selection processes; 5. Selection and construction; 6. A generalized selected effects theory of function; 7. Proper functions are proximal functions; 8. When functions do wrong; Part III. Applications: 9. Function pluralism; 10. What are mechanisms?; 11. What are mental disorders?; 12. A new kind of teleosemantics; A programmatic epilogue.
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570.1
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23
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