| Description |
vi, 597 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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| Note |
"A Bradford book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Teleological explanations in evolutionary biology / Francisco J. Ayala -- Functions / Larry Wright -- Biological teleology: questions and explanations / Robert N. Brandon -- The inference of function from structure in fossils / M.J.S. Rudwick -- Adaptation and the form-function complex / Walter J. Bock and Gerd von Wahlert -- Functional analysis / Robert Cummins -- Teleology revisited / Ernest Nagel -- Functions / John Bigelow and Robert Pargetter -- Where's the good in teleology? / Mark Bedau -- In defense of proper functions / Ruth Garrett Millikan -- Functions as selected effects: the conceptual analyst's defense / Karen Neander -- Function without purpose: the uses of causal role function in evolutionary biology / Ron Amundson and George V. Lauder -- Functions and goal directedness / Berent Enç and Fred Adams -- Function, fitness, and disposition / Sandra D. Mitchell -- The concept of function / R.A. Hinde -- Functional analysis and proper functions / Paul E. Griffiths -- A modern history theory of functions / Peter Godfrey-Smith -- Function and design / Philip Kitcher -- Historical biology and the problem of design / George V. Lauder -- Exaptation- a missing term in the science of form / Stephen Jay Gould and Elisabeth S. Vrba -- Adaptation and the form-function relation / Carl Gans -- Biological function, adaptation, and natural design / Colin Allen and Marc Bekoff. |
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Biology -- Philosophy.
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Teleology.
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Biology -- Philosophy.
(OCoLC)fst00832439
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Teleology. (OCoLC)fst01146225
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| Added Author |
Allen, Colin.
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Bekoff, Marc.
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Lauder, George V.
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| ISBN |
0262011689 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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9780262011686 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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0262510979 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9780262510974 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
9780262510974 |
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