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What functions explain : functional explanation and self-reproducing systems / / Peter McLaughlin [[electronic resource]]
| What functions explain : functional explanation and self-reproducing systems / / Peter McLaughlin [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | McLaughlin Peter |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 259 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 570/.1 |
| Collana | Cambridge studies in philosophy and biology |
| Soggetto topico |
Biology - Philosophy
Social sciences - Philosophy |
| ISBN |
1-107-12069-1
0-521-03885-5 0-511-15285-X 1-280-43259-4 0-511-04624-3 0-511-17368-7 0-511-49851-9 9786610432592 0-511-30215-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Part I: Functions and intentions -- Introduction -- The problem of teleology -- Intentions and the functions of artifacts -- Part II: Analysis of functional explanation -- Basic positions in philosophy of science: Hempel and Nagel -- Etiological view -- Dispositional view -- Part III: Self-reproducing systems -- Artifacts and organisms -- Feedback mechanisms and their beneficiaries -- Having a good -- What functions explain. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455327703321 |
McLaughlin Peter
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| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2001 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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What functions explain : functional explanation and self-reproducing systems / / Peter McLaughlin [[electronic resource]]
| What functions explain : functional explanation and self-reproducing systems / / Peter McLaughlin [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | McLaughlin Peter |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 259 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 570/.1 |
| Collana | Cambridge studies in philosophy and biology |
| Soggetto topico |
Biology - Philosophy
Social sciences - Philosophy |
| ISBN |
1-107-12069-1
0-521-03885-5 0-511-15285-X 1-280-43259-4 0-511-04624-3 0-511-17368-7 0-511-49851-9 9786610432592 0-511-30215-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Part I: Functions and intentions -- Introduction -- The problem of teleology -- Intentions and the functions of artifacts -- Part II: Analysis of functional explanation -- Basic positions in philosophy of science: Hempel and Nagel -- Etiological view -- Dispositional view -- Part III: Self-reproducing systems -- Artifacts and organisms -- Feedback mechanisms and their beneficiaries -- Having a good -- What functions explain. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780085903321 |
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McLaughlin Peter
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| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2001 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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