Functions: New Essays in the Philosophy of Psychology and Biology - Softcover
Topics include: a history of teleology and functional explanation; evolutionary biology and teleological thinking; functional explanations; teleos emantics; adaptational role and the philosophy of mind; and function, structure, and homology in the classification of traits.
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Review:
a richly varied collection of essays which ... provides the reader with the opportunity for a sustained examination of the central issues concerning functions and their role in biology and psychology (Graham Macdonald, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews)
About the Author:
Robert Cummins is Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Davis Mark Perlman is Professor of Philosophy -t Western Oregon University Andre Ariew is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Rhode Island
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- PublisherClarendon Press
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0198241038
- ISBN 13 9780198241034
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages420
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