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Functions
| Functions |
| Autore | Gayon Jean |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (378 pages) |
| Disciplina | 570.1 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
de RicqlèsArmand
DussaultAntoine C |
| Collana | History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences Series |
| ISBN | 3-031-31271-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Functions: From Organisms to Artefacts -- Copyright -- Introduction to the New English Edition -- References -- Introduction to the Original French Edition -- References -- Contents -- Part I: Origins of Functional Discourse in the Life Sciences -- Chapter 1: Biological Function: A Phylogeny of the Concept -- 1.1 The Importance of a Concept's History -- 1.2 The "Historical" Objection to Millikan "Proper Functions" -- 1.3 A Branch of a Complex, Branching Phylogeny -- 1.4 Aristotelian Proper Functions -- 1.5 Galenic Proper Functions -- 1.6 Harverian Proper Functions -- 1.7 Aristotelians, Darwinians, and Proper Functions -- 1.8 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2: The Structure-Function Relationship in the Advent of Biology -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Functions and Physiological Properties -- 2.3 Functions and Correlations Between Elementary Vital Properties -- 2.4 Functions and Cell Theory -- 2.5 Functions, Instrumental Forms, and Vital Processes -- 2.6 Functions and Complex Chains of Mechanisms -- 2.7 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Tissues, Properties, and Functions: The Term Function in French Biology in the Early Nineteenth Century -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Bichat's Legacy -- 3.2.1 A Vitalistic and Agonistic Definition of Life -- 3.2.2 A System of Vital Properties -- 3.2.2.1 The System of Vital Properties and the Division of Life into Organic and Animal Functions -- 3.2.2.2 The Articulation Between Properties and Tissues -- 3.3 The Polemical Use of the Concept of Function in the Attacks Against Bichat's Theory -- 3.3.1 Magendie: An Internal Critique of Bichat's Vital Properties -- 3.3.1.1 Bichat's Notion of Function -- 3.3.1.2 Magendie's Criticism: Animal Sensibility and Animal Contractility as "True Functions" -- 3.3.2 Auguste Comte's Criticism -- 3.3.2.1 The Large and Abstract Definition of Function.
3.3.2.2 The Narrow Definition of Function and the Scientific Aim of Biology -- 3.3.2.3 Cuvier's Shadow? -- 3.3.2.4 The Harmonization of Physiological and Anatomical Hierarchies -- 3.4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: "Design," History of the Word and the Concept: Natural Sciences, History, Theology, and Aesthetics -- 4.1 The Word -- 4.2 The Concept -- 4.3 Paley: The Argument from Design -- 4.4 Hume: The Analogy of Nature Criticized -- 4.5 Kant: A Necessary Analogy, but Without Foundations -- 4.6 Decline and Revival of Design -- 4.7 Dawkins -- 4.8 Design and Function Today -- 4.9 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 5: Function and Purpose: Review of the "Written Symposium" (1976-1984) Organized by the Institut de la Méthode of the Ferdinand Gonseth Association -- 5.1 Formula and Style of the "Written Symposium" -- 5.2 Context of the Symposium and Circumstances of Its Triggering Off -- 5.3 Influence of Monod on the Two Opposed Fronts in the Written Symposium and on Its Interspersing Colloquium -- 5.4 General Overview of the Written Symposium from October 1976 to the Colloquium of October 1977 -- 5.5 General Overview of the Written Symposium from February 1978 to November 1984 -- 5.6 Conclusion and General Overview -- References -- Part II: Function, Selection, Adaptation -- Chapter 6: How Are Traits Typed for the Purpose of Ascribing Functions to Them? -- 6.1 The General Circularity Problem -- 6.2 Vestigial Traits, Exaptations, and the Etiological Theory -- 6.3 Strategies for Dealing with Loss of Functions and Changes in Functions in a Lineage -- 6.4 Cumulative Selection and Trait Fixation -- References -- Chapter 7: Attribution of Functions and Levels of Organization in Biology -- 7.1 "Function": Liberality of Biological Discourse, Parsimony of Philosophical Analysis -- 7.2 Structures That Challenge the Attribution of Functions. 7.2.1 Atoms and Elementary Molecules -- 7.2.2 Organisms -- 7.2.3 Species -- 7.3 Structures and Processes -- References -- Chapter 8: Function and Adaptation: A Conceptual Demarcation, Instigated by Borderline Cases for Etiological Theory -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Selected-Effects Functions and Adaptation -- 8.3 Problems with Etiological Theory -- 8.3.1 The Case of Sickle-Cell Anemia -- 8.3.2 The Function of Selfish Genetic Elements -- 8.4 Redefining the Etiological Notion of Function in the Case of Multi-level Selection -- 8.4.1 Refining the Etiological Theory on the Basis of Levels of Selection Consideration: The Incorporation Clause (I) -- 8.4.2 General Consequence: Functions, Etiology and Adaptation -- 8.4.3 Summarizing: Etiological Theory and Multiple Selection Levels -- 8.5 Connecting the Debate About Functions to the Debate About Adaptationism -- 8.5.1 Gould and Lewontin's Critique and the Debate Over the Standard Etiological Theory of Functions -- 8.5.2 Functions, Levels of Selection and the Limits of Adaptationism -- 8.6 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 9: Function, Adaptation, and Design in Biology -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 The Major Mistake of the Etiological Conception -- 9.3 Functions and Life Cycles -- 9.4 The Limitations of Consequential Conception -- 9.5 The Etiological Illusion -- 9.6 Explanations and Attributions of Design -- References -- Chapter 10: Do Clay Crystals and Rocks Have Functions? Selected Effects Functions, the Service Criterion, and the Twofold Character of Function -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Clay Crystals, Rocks on Beaches, and the Population Criterion -- 10.3 The Service Response to Clay Crystals and Rocks -- 10.4 The Twofold Character of Function -- 10.5 Conclusion: On the Relation Between Function and Teleology -- References -- Part III: Structures and Functions in Morphology and Paleontology. Chapter 11: The Problem of Complex Causality at the Origin of the Structure-Function Relationship 1/Generality, 2/The Case of Bone Tissue -- 11.1 General Issue, Problematics -- 11.2 The Case of Bone Tissue -- References -- Chapter 12: Structure, Function and Evolution of the Middle Ear of Extant and Extinct Vertebrates: Paleobiological and Phylogenetic Interpretations -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Principles of Paleobiological Inference -- 12.3 Main Parts of the Ear -- 12.4 Middle Ear Structure and Function in Extant Vertebrates -- 12.5 Ear Evolution -- 12.6 Discussion -- References -- Part IV: Attributions of Function in Experimental Biology -- Chapter 13: The History of Integration: From Spencer to Sherrington and Later -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 The Evolutionary Integration -- 13.3 The Neurological Appropriation of Integration -- 13.4 The Combinatory Integration -- 13.5 Progresses and Corrections of the Neural Integration -- 13.6 The Regulatory Integration -- 13.7 Toward the "Integrative" Biology? -- 13.8 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 14: Assigning Functions to Individual Macromolecules: A Complex History That Reflects the Transformations of Biology -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Birth and Development of the Notion of Macromolecular Function -- 14.3 Extension and Difficulties Associated with the Notion of Macromolecular Function -- 14.4 Current Divergent Tendencies -- References -- Chapter 15: Function, Functioning, Multifunctionality: Genetics of Development and Evolution -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Edward B. Lewis and the Initial Foundations of Genetic Analysis in Development -- 15.2.1 The Potential of Genetic Analysis and the Function of a Gene -- 15.2.2 What Is a New Genetic Function in Evolution? -- 15.2.3 The First Models: Levels of Development in the "Bithorax" Series -- 15.3 Glimpses of the Multifunctionality of Genes and Proteins. 15.3.1 Towards Multifunctionality -- 15.3.2 Other Examples of Multifunctionality: Proteins -- 15.4 Conclusion: The Consequences of Multifunctionality -- References -- Chapter 16: Does the Immune System Have a Function? -- 16.1 Introduction -- 16.2 The Teleological Interpretation of the Functioning of the Immune System -- 16.3 Melander's Alternative View: An Etiological but Nonintentionalist Conception of the Immune System's Functioning -- 16.4 Critique of the Idea That the Function of the Immune System Is to Discriminate Self from Nonself -- 16.5 Alternative Hypotheses About the Etiological Function of the Immune System -- 16.6 Attribution of a "Systemic" Function to the Immune System -- 16.7 Conclusion -- References -- Part V: Functions and the Origins of Life -- Chapter 17: Functions in Chemistry -- 17.1 Introduction -- 17.2 Historical Use of Functions in Chemistry -- 17.3 What Is a Function in Chemistry? -- 17.3.1 Fundamental Definitions -- 17.3.1.1 Atoms -- 17.3.1.2 Covalent Bonds -- 17.3.1.3 Structure of Organic Molecules -- 17.3.1.4 Visual Representation of Molecules -- 17.3.1.5 Energy and Stability -- 17.3.1.6 Electrons and Electronegativity -- 17.3.2 Functional Groups -- 17.3.3 Structure and Reactivity -- 17.3.4 Additivity of Functions -- 17.4 Causal Roles and Reductionism -- 17.4.1 Functional Analysis -- 17.4.2 Aggregativity -- 17.4.3 Limits to a Systemic Approach -- 17.5 Selected Traits and Broadened Natural Selection -- 17.6 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 18: Heterotrophy vs. Autotrophy: Carbon Metabolism in the Debate on the Origins of Life in the Middle of the Twentieth Century -- 18.1 Introduction -- 18.2 Stéphane Leduc: Nutrition and Synthetic Biology -- 18.3 Origins of Life: Heterotrophy Versus Autotrophy -- 18.4 Carbon Metabolism and the Issue of Origins -- 18.5 The RNA World, Molecules, and Their Environment -- 18.6 Conclusion. 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Knowledge of life today : conversations on Biology : Jean Gayon interviewed by Victor Petit / / Jean Gayon, Victor Petit
| Knowledge of life today : conversations on Biology : Jean Gayon interviewed by Victor Petit / / Jean Gayon, Victor Petit |
| Autore | Gayon Jean |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : ISTE : , : Wiley, , 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (405 pages) |
| Disciplina | 574.01 |
| Soggetto topico | Biology - Philosophy |
| ISBN |
1-119-61048-6
1-119-52821-6 1-119-61044-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910555111503321 |
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Gayon Jean
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| Hoboken, New Jersey : , : ISTE : , : Wiley, , 2019 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Knowledge of life today : conversations on Biology : Jean Gayon interviewed by Victor Petit / / Jean Gayon, Victor Petit
| Knowledge of life today : conversations on Biology : Jean Gayon interviewed by Victor Petit / / Jean Gayon, Victor Petit |
| Autore | Gayon Jean |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : ISTE : , : Wiley, , 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (405 pages) |
| Disciplina | 574.01 |
| Soggetto topico | Biology - Philosophy |
| ISBN |
1-119-61048-6
1-119-52821-6 1-119-61044-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910829817003321 |
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Gayon Jean
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| Hoboken, New Jersey : , : ISTE : , : Wiley, , 2019 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Problèmes théoriques et pratiques en biologie évolutionnaire / / Thierry Martin
| Problèmes théoriques et pratiques en biologie évolutionnaire / / Thierry Martin |
| Autore | Gayon Jean |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Besançon, : Presses universitaires de Franche-Comté, 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (116 p.) |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
MartinThierry
OlivieriIsabelle |
| Collana | Sciences : concepts et problèmes |
| Soggetto topico |
History & Philosophy Of Science
évolution évolutionnisme OGM insecticides biologie théorie biologique loi biologique |
| Soggetto non controllato |
évolution
évolutionnisme OGM insecticides biologie théorie biologique loi biologique |
| ISBN | 2-84867-832-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | fre |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910496037703321 |
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Gayon Jean
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| Besançon, : Presses universitaires de Franche-Comté, 2020 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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