What functions explain: functional explanation and self-reproducing systems
Auteur :
McLaughlin, Peter
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521782333
Date de publication :
18 déc. 2000
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,8 x 2,1 cm
Poids :
500 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.