Index 301
Reason, 94, 117, 131, 156–160, 170–174, 181, 204,
284
Reduction, 18–19, 28, 93, 108, 132, 155, 177, 187,
218, 228, 277, 281–282
Reece, E., 147
Reed, J. L., 261
Regeneration, 9, 131, 133, 135, 151
Regulation, 6, 9, 93, 95–96. See also Network, gene
regulatory
Relational theory of function, 32
Relativism, 32
Reliabilism, 30
Renfrew, C., 240n9
Repair, 9–10, 70, 81–82, 112, 268, 277, 283
Representation, 26–27, 32, 57, 137, 199, 203, 218,
280
Reproduction, 9, 14, 22, 27, 37–40, 44–49, 55, 57–
58, 64, 71, 105, 107, 114, 121, 131–135, 153, 155,
189–192, 227–230, 249, 256. See also Fitness;
Self-reproduction
Restored environment. See Ecological restoration
Revolution, scientifi c, 17
Richards, R., 143n11
Richardson, R. C., 143n13, 261
Richerson, P., 143n18, 224, 233, 245, 248–256
Ridley, M., 240n18, 254
Robertson, P. L., 263
Rohwer, J. M., 261
Role within a system, 9, 13, 18–19, 46, 49, 83–84,
90, 94–98, 100, 103–106, 122, 165, 190–192,
203–219, 264, 269
Rolston, H., III., 149
Romano, G., 163–164, 167–184, 294
Rosenkrantz, G., 168
Rosenman, M. A., 214
Rowlands, M., 123n9
Rudge, D.W., 123n17
Rueger, A., 290n6
Ruse, M., 139–141, 143n10
Sagan, L. See Margulis, L.
Santini, C. C., 277–279, 284
Sarnecki, J., 273n2
Scalability, 231–233
Schaffner, K. F., 261
Schank, J. C., 266
Scheffl er, S., 155–156, 158
Scherer, D., 149
Schiffer, M. B., 236
Schlosser, G., 263, 271, 273n6, 274n20
Schuster, S., 261
Schwartz, P., 32, 33n8, 38–40
SD. See Systems-with-a-design theory of function
SE. See Selected-effects theory of function
Searle, J. R., 7, 18–19, 28, 69–72, 83, 85,
290n12
SEL (i.e., Selectionist etiological theory of function).
See Etiological theory of function
Selected effect function. See Function, as selected
effect
Selected-effects theory of function (SE), 105–107,
114, 121. See also Etiological theory of function;
Theory of proper functions
Selection
artifi cial, 23, 55–56, 59, 243
cultural, 14, 39, 41–43, 49
natural, 5, 8–9, 11, 14, 18, 23, 32, 37–49, 52–59, 65,
94–95, 105–108, 115–116, 141, 188, 227–229, 234,
238–240, 243–247, 256, 263, 266
sociocultural, 52, 54, 56
Selectionist etiological theory of function (SEL). See
Etiological theory of function
Self-organization, 277, 279
Self-repair, 9, 277. See also Repair
Self-reproduction, 230, 268
SER (Society for Ecological Restoration), 149–153
Series production, 9
Signaling system/pathway, 259, 271
Simon, H. A., 259, 261–262, 267, 273nn1,5,7,
274nn11–12
Simons, P., 168, 182n2
Simulation, 64, 230, 264
Slovic, P., 248–249
Soavi, M., 107, 164–165, 185–202, 294
Sober, E., 44, 243, 245, 248, 250–252, 264
Social institution, 4–5, 113, 152
Sociocultural entity, 227
Sociocultural selection. See Selection, sociocultural
Sperber, D., 56–58, 61, 66nn10–11
Stance
of design, 164, 167–181
evolutionary, 253
functional, 164, 176, 178–181
intentional, 165, 169
mixed, 247
physical, 169
realist, 53
theory of, 169
Stephan, A., 291n20
Stone, R. B., 203
Structuralism, 4, 233
Structural type. See Type, structural
Structure, physical, 11, 198–199, 280–282, 286,
289–290
Stylistic features of artifacts, 233–235, 238
Subjective function. See Function, subjective
Sullivan, W. C., 159
Sunagawa, E., 205
Supervenience, 281, 290n16
Swain, M., 29, 33n6
System, 4–10, 13, 18, 49, 75, 85, 90, 95–100, 103–
122, 135–138, 147–154. See also Equilibrium
system
dissipative, 6
multi-agent, 279
nearly decomposable, 259, 261–262, 265–267