Book ID: CBB000502485

What Functions Explain: Functional Explanation and Self-Reproducing Systems (2001)

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McLaughlin, Peter (Author)


Cambridge University Press


Publication Date: 2001
Physical Details: xi + 259 pp.; bibl.; index
Language: English

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Essay Review Ratcliffe, Matthew (2003) Teleology and the Assumption of Naturalism. Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (pp. 312-321). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Jones, Derek M.
Alleva, Karina
Smith, David Livingstone
Zammito, John H.
Wolters, Gereon
Wimsatt, William C.
Concepts
Philosophy
Biology
Philosophy of biology
Evolution
Explanation; hypotheses; theories
Functionalism
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
21st century
20th century, early
Places
Germany
Americas
Russia
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