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What Functions Explain : Functional Explanation and Self-Reproducing Systems.

This 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 funct...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McLaughlin, Peter
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Colección:Cambridge studies in philosophy and biology.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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