| 书目名称 | Functions: selection and mechanisms | | 编辑 | Philippe Huneman | | 视频video | | | 概述 | Discrete sections cover functions in philosophy of biology, and psychology and technology.Covers the evolving debates between etiological views on function, and those which are more systemic.Features | | 丛书名称 | Synthese Library | | 图书封面 |  | | 描述 | .This volume handles in various perspectives the concept of function and the nature of functional explanations, topics much discussed since two major and conflicting accounts have been raised by Larry Wright and Robert Cummins’ papers in the 1970s. Here, both Wright’s ‘etiological theory of functions’ and Cummins’ ‘systemic’ conception of functions are refined and elaborated in the light of current scientific practice, with papers showing how the ‘etiological’ theory faces several objections and may in reply be revisited, while its counterpart became ever more sophisticated, as researchers discovered fresh applications for it. .Relying on a firm knowledge of the original positions and debates, this volume presents cutting-edge research evincing the complexities that today pertain in function theory in various sciences. Alongside original papers from authors central to the controversy, work by emerging researchers taking novel perspectives will add to the potential avenues tobe followed in the future. Not only does the book adopt no a priori assumptions about the scope of functional explanations, it also incorporates material from several very different scientific domains, e.g. n | | 出版日期 | Book 2013 | | 关键词 | Causal role theory of functions; Determination of content; Ecosystem selection; Etiological theory of f | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5304-4 | | isbn_softcover | 978-94-007-9337-8 | | isbn_ebook | 978-94-007-5304-4Series ISSN 0166-6991 Series E-ISSN 2542-8292 | | issn_series | 0166-6991 | | copyright | Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013 |
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