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Functions: New Essays in the Philosophy of Psychology and Biology - Hardcover

Ariew, Andre

 
9780198241027: Functions: New Essays in the Philosophy of Psychology and Biology
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ISBN 10: 019824102X ISBN 13: 9780198241027
Publisher: Clarendon Press, 2002

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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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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)

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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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Publisher
Clarendon Press
Publication date
2002
Language
English
ISBN 10 
019824102X
ISBN 13 
9780198241027
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
420

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