Könyv What Functions Explain Peter McLaughlin

What Functions Explain

Functional Explanation and Self-Reproducing Systems

Szerző: Peter McLaughlin
Nyelv: Angol
Kötés: Kemény kötésű
Elérhetőség: Beszállítói készleten
Küldés 9-15 napon belül
46 770 Ft
This 2001 book offers an examination of functional explanation as it is used in biology and the soci...

Információk a könyvről

Nyelv
Angol
Kötés
Könyv - Kemény kötésű
Kiadva
2000
oldal
272
EAN
9780521782333
ISBN
0521782333
Enbook ID
02043071
Súly
500
Méretek
152 x 229 x 16

Teljes leírás

This 2001 book offers an examination of functional explanation as it is used in biology and the social sciences, and focuses on the kinds of philosophical presuppositions that such explanations carry with them. It tackles such questions as: why are some things explained functionally while others are not? What do the functional explanations tell us about how these objects are conceptualized? What do we commit ourselves to when we give and take functional explanations in the life sciences and the social sciences? McLaughlin gives a critical review of the debate on functional explanation in the philosophy of science. He discusses the history of the philosophical question of teleology, and provides a comprehensive review of the post-war literature on functional explanation. What Functions Explain provides a sophisticated and detailed Aristotelian analysis of our concept of natural functions, and offers a positive contribution to the ongoing debate on the topic.

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