What Functions Explain: Functional Explanation and Self-Reproducing Systems - Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology - McLaughlin, Peter (Universitat Konstanz, Germany) - Books - Cambridge University Press - 9780521038850 - August 16, 2007
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What Functions Explain: Functional Explanation and Self-Reproducing Systems - Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology

McLaughlin, Peter (Universitat Konstanz, Germany)

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What Functions Explain: Functional Explanation and Self-Reproducing Systems - Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology

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 provides a sophisticated and detailed Aristotelian analysis of our concept of natural functions.


272 pages, black & white illustrations

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released August 16, 2007
ISBN13 9780521038850
Publishers Cambridge University Press
Pages 272
Dimensions 152 × 225 × 15 mm   ·   408 g
Language English