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This book is intended for scholars and students of philosophy of biology, cognitive science, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of science.
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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)
Synopsis:
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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- PublisherClarendon Press
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 019824102X
- ISBN 13 9780198241027
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages420
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