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interpretations of function ascriptions (the intentional, etiological, and causal-role theories of functions) leads him to the c ...
Light’s contribution on restoration ecology rounds off this part of the book. Restoration ecology is the science that is aimed a ...
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6 Functions and Norms Function ascriptions seem to involve normative questions. If the function of the governor in a steam engin ...
94 Peter McLaughlin function ascriptions—intentional functions, etiological functions, and causal-role func- tions—and see how t ...
Functions and Norms 95 thumping sounds, the heart nonetheless was selected only for pumping, not for thumping. It is supposed to ...
96 Peter McLaughlin If God’s will, the history of selection, and the contribution to a system’s performance do not ground the no ...
Functions and Norms 97 the perspective of their contribution to some performance of the containing system, and this is a fundame ...
98 Peter McLaughlin out of the cistern; he needs the key to open the shed, to get the tools, to fi x the bicycle, to ride to tow ...
Functions and Norms 99 system is viewed not just as the next hierarchical level but as a whole, as the end of the encasement, as ...
100 Peter McLaughlin that fi xes the blade to the handle still has the same function as before and might be thought to be suppos ...
Functions and Norms 101 element of a set is (as an element) just as good as any other—or rather it makes no sense either to rank ...
102 Peter McLaughlin McLaughlin, P. (1993). Descartes on mind-body interaction and the conservation of motion. Philosophical Rev ...
7 The Inherent Normativity of Functions in Biology and Technology 7.1 Introduction Functions are attributed routinely in biology ...
104 Maarten Franssen good and poor pumps, and between good and poor (or rather bad) hearts. The terms used in these expressions— ...
The Inherent Normativity of Functions in Biology and Technology 105 7.2 Rival Theories of Function It is common to distinguish t ...
106 Maarten Franssen theory of function applies only to biological items—at least, as long as the general skepti- cism regarding ...
The Inherent Normativity of Functions in Biology and Technology 107 technology, in contrast, seems much closer to the functional ...
108 Maarten Franssen It is the/a proper function of an item x of an organism o to do that which items of x’s type did to contrib ...
The Inherent Normativity of Functions in Biology and Technology 109 For that to be the case, heart cannot just mean “any organ t ...
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