Huneman, Philippe
Functions: selection and mechanisms
1. Introduction
Philippe Huneman
Part I. Biological Functions and Functional Explanations: Genes, Cells, Organisms and Ecosystems – Functions, Organization and Development in Life Sciences
2. Evolution and the Stability of Functional Architectures
William C. Wimsatt
3. Mechanism, Emergence, and Miscibility: The Autonomy of Evo-Devo
Denis M. Walsh
4. Does Oxygen Have a Function, or Where Should the Regress of Functional Ascriptions Stop in Biology?
Jean Gayon
Part II. Biological Functions and Functional Explanations: Genes, Cells, Organisms and Ecosystems – Functional Pluralism for Biologists?
5. How Ecosystem Evolution Strengthens the Case for Functional Pluralism
Frédéric Bouchard
6. A General Case for Functional Pluralism
Robert N. Brandon
7. Weak Realism in the Etiological Theory of Functions
Philippe Huneman
Part III. Psychology, Philosophy of Mind and Technology: Functions in a Man’s World – Metaphysics, Function and Philosophy of Mind
8. Functions and Mechanisms: A Perspectivalist View
Carl F. Craver
9. Understanding the Sciences Through the Fog of “Functionalism(s)”
Carl Gillett
Part IV. Psychology, Philosophy of Mind and Technology: Functions in a Man’s World – Philosophy of Technology, Design and Functions
10. Artifacts and Organisms: A Case for a New Etiological Theory of Functions
Françoise Longy
11. Functions as Epistemic Highlighters: An Engineering Account of Technical, Biological and Other Functions
Pieter E. Vermaas, Wybo Houkes
Avainsanat: Philosophy, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Science, Evolutionary Biology, Neurosciences, Anthropology
- Tekijä(t)
- Huneman, Philippe
- Julkaisija
- Springer
- Julkaisuvuosi
- 2013
- Kieli
- en
- Painos
- 2013
- Sarja
- Synthese Library
- Sivumäärä
- 8 sivua
- Kategoria
- Filosofia
- Tiedostomuoto
- E-kirja
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9789400753044