Organisms and artifacts : design in nature and elsewhere /

In Organisms and Artifacts, Tim Lewens investigates the analogical use of the language of design in evolutionary biology. Uniquely among the natural sciences, biology uses descriptive and explanatory terms more suited to artifacts than organisms. When biologists discuss, for example, the purpose of...

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Main Author:	Lewens, Tim
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2004. ©2004
Series:	Life and mind: philosophical issues in biology and psychology
Subjects:	Biology > Philosophy. PHILOSOPHY/General Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book