What Functions Explain

Peter (Universitat Konstanz, Germany) McLaughlin

Cambridge University Press, 2007

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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.

ISBN-13
9780521038850
ISBN-10
0521038855
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2007
Publication date
2007-08-16
Pages
272
Dimensions
228x152x18
Weight
410