This accessible book presents a new theory of biological functions and connects it to contemporary problems in philosophy and science.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Justin Garson is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Hunter College, City University of New York. He is the author of The Biological Mind: A Philosophical Introduction (2014) and A Critical Overview of Biological Functions (2016).
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction Part I. Background: 1. The strangeness of functions 2. Function and selection 3. Feedback and functions Part II. Theory: 4. An explosion of selection processes 5. Selection and construction 6. A generalized selected effects theory of function 7. Proper functions are proximal functions 8. When functions do wrong Part III. Applications: 9. Function pluralism 10. What are mechanisms? 11. What are mental disorders? 12. A new kind of teleosemantics A programmatic epilogue.
Introduction Part I. Background: 1. The strangeness of functions 2. Function and selection 3. Feedback and functions Part II. Theory: 4. An explosion of selection processes 5. Selection and construction 6. A generalized selected effects theory of function 7. Proper functions are proximal functions 8. When functions do wrong Part III. Applications: 9. Function pluralism 10. What are mechanisms? 11. What are mental disorders? 12. A new kind of teleosemantics A programmatic epilogue.
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