296 Index
Capacity of a system
to perform a function, 38, 54, 58, 205, 207–210,
216–217
to show a certain dynamics/behavior, 75–85, 100,
105, 107, 118, 120–121, 131, 138–140, 211, 218,
269–270, 281, 286
Carey, S., 169–174, 178–179
Categories of functions. See Classifi cation of
functions
Causal cognition, 173–180
Causal history, 95, 105
Causal power, 224, 249, 278–284, 289
Causal-role theory of function, 18, 19, 49, 74–75, 90,
94–95, 104–115, 122, 190–192, 207, 211, 218. See
also Theory of systemic functions
Causal stability, 59
Chakrabarti, A., 203
Chalmers, D. J., 290n6, 291n24
Chandrasekaran, B., 203, 214
Change of function, 39, 52, 100
Cheng, P., 182n11
Chisholm, R., 130, 142n4
Chittaro, L., 203, 214
Citric acid cycle, 261, 265, 270
Cladistics, 235–237
Cladogram, 235–236
Clark, K. B., 263
Classifi cation of functions, 18–19, 51–55, 188, 213
Coherentism, 30
Complex systems, 96, 113, 259–260, 277–278
Component, 8–9, 13, 30, 39–48, 69, 105, 112–113,
115, 122, 135, 140, 149, 185, 195–199, 206–211,
217–219, 230, 259–271, 281, 285–288
cultural, 152–153
Component function, 203, 206–210, 217–219
Concept
dubious by descent, 130, 135, 141
dubious by psychological role, 138, 141
Conceptual conservatism, 7, 90, 127–142
Conjunct function, 206, 209
Constraint, 71, 190, 194–195, 205, 264, 270
Construction plan, 9
Context of use, 165, 203–208
Control paradigm, 224–225, 279–289
Control variables, 284, 288
Conventionalism, 18–19
Copy relation, 189–192
Counterfeit, 148
CR. See Causal-role theory of function
Crommelinck, M., 277
Cronon, W., 151
Cultivated plant, 14, 20, 23, 55–59
Cultural function. See Function, cultural
Cultural selection. See Selection, cultural
Cummins, R., 9, 17–19, 25, 31–32, 41–43, 49, 53,
66n4, 69–70, 74–76, 78, 81–82, 85, 105, 127,
142n1, 207, 211, 218, 219n4, 269–270
Cummins-function. See Causal-role theory of function
Cuvier, George, 131, 142n5
Dancy, J., 118, 124n21
Darden, L., 189–190
Darwent, J., 235
Darwin, Charles, 9, 55–56, 105, 130, 135, 139–140,
224, 233, 240n13, 243–251, 255
Davidson, E. H., 262, 265
Davies, P. S., 3, 7–8, 90, 107–108, 112–113, 122n6,
123n6, 127–145, 293
Dawkins, R., 201n4, 233
Decomposition, 260–261, 265–266, 272. See also
Near-decomposability
function/functional, 211–212, 224–225, 260–261,
278–279, 284–289
physical, 283
structural, 261–262, 265–266
Deductive-nomological model, 17, 30
Defeyter, M., 169–174, 178
Deguet, J., 277, 287, 290n5
de Kleer, J., 204
Demazeau, Y., 277, 287, 290n5
Dement, C., 182n2
Dennett, D., 164, 169–170, 174, 182nn3–5
Descartes, René, 5, 94
Design, 29, 39–43, 49, 73–74, 105, 107, 113, 115,
119, 130, 132, 147, 153, 167–182, 190–199,
203–204, 216, 223, 229–233, 237, 263–273,
278–289
evolutionary, 223, 229–231
Designer, 3, 7, 13, 19–20, 27–29, 32, 42, 46, 49, 52,
70–74, 79–80, 83, 85, 111–112, 115, 118, 153,
163–164, 167, 170, 174–176, 179–181, 190–192,
195–196, 204, 206, 208–209, 214, 218–219, 230,
232, 234, 287. See also Maker
Design principle, 259
Design space, 230–231, 237, 263–264
Design Stance. See Stance of design
Development, 4–5, 9, 42, 62, 106, 109, 134, 171,
262, 264–268
of artifacts, 248
biological, 4, 9, 20, 109, 134, 248, 259, 262, 264,
266–268
human, 137, 164, 171–172
of social systems/communities, 106, 147
technological, 5, 9, 42, 180
Developmental pathway, 9, 259, 262. See also
Module, developmental
Devitt, M., 186–187, 200nn1,3
Diesendruck, G., 172
Dipert, R. R., 10, 208, 214, 219n4
Directives for inquiry, 130, 136–142
Domesticated species, 14, 20–24, 55–59
Downward causation, 283
Dretske, F. I., 26, 142n2
Drift, 39–40, 253–256