Functions : new essays in the philosophy of psychology and biology /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Ariew, André, Cummins, Robert, 1944-, Perlman, Mark, 1964-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Platonic and Aristotelian roots of teleological arguments / André Ariew
  • Evolutionary biology and teleological thinking / Michael Ruse
  • A rebuttal on functions / Christopher Boorse
  • Biofunctions : two paradigms / Ruth Garrett Millikan
  • On the normativity of functions / Valerie Gray Hardcastle
  • Neo-teleology / Robert Cummins
  • Functional organization, analogy, and inference / William Wimsatt
  • Function and design revisited / David J. Buller
  • The continuing usefulness account of proper function / Peter H. Schwartz
  • Pagan teleology : adaptational role and the philosophy of mind / Mark Perlman
  • Indeterminacy of function attributions / Berent Enç
  • Brentano's chestnuts / D.M. Walsh
  • Human rationality and the unique origin constraint / Mohan Matthen
  • Real traits, real functions? / Colin Allen
  • Types of traits : the importance of functional homologues / Karen Neander.