Teleology
Auteur :
Woodfield, Andrew
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521143752
Date de publication :
20 mai 2010
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 x 1,4 cm
Poids :
320 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
The notions of purpose, goal, end and function are used (and abused) in descriptions of a very wide range of human, animal and machine behaviour. Andrew Woodfield provides here a unified account of such teleological descriptions and explanations, their varieties, their logical structure and their proper uses.