302 Index
System (cont.)
sociotechnical, 5, 8, 279
as a whole, 278, 280, 282–284.
System function. See Function, system
Systemic function. See Function, systemic; Theory of
systemic functions
Systems biology, 260, 269
Systems-with-a-design theory of function (SD), 105,
109, 115, 122, 170
Tabin, C. J., 268
Takafuji, S., 218
Technical function. See Function, technical
Tegeticula yuccasella, 114
Teleology, 5–6, 13, 17–34, 41–42, 172, 203–204,
206, 212–214, 227. See also Goal directedness;
Goal orientation; Neo-teleology; Promiscous
teleology
Teleo-pluralism, 13, 20, 31–32
Thaiss, L., 137
Theory of function. See the specifi c theory
Theory of mind, 136–137
Theory of proper functions (PF), 14, 25–32, 38–39,
43, 104–110, 122, 127, 140–141. See also
Etiological theory of function; Selected-effects
theory of function
Theory of systemic functions, 90, 127, 140–141. See
also Causal-role theory of function
Thesander, M., 46
Thomasson, A., 10, 109, 163
Thompson, A., 230
Throop, W., 149
Token. See Type and token
Tool, 6, 25, 52, 61, 217, 234–235, 253
cognitive, 178, 180, 285
conceptual, 189
Transfer, conceptual, 227–228, 232–233, 236–239
Transmission, 188–189
cultural, 234–238
Tversky, A., 248–249
Type, 131, 134, 245–246, 253, 284. See also
Archetype; Type and token
functional, 106–108, 116
structural, 194, 198, 200
Type and token, 26, 39, 41, 43–49, 52–54, 57, 65,
90, 93, 96, 100–101, 105–110, 115–119, 187–200,
212–215, 217, 247, 269–271
Type fi xation, 115, 122, 269–271
Typological thinking, 224, 245–248
Ulrich, K. T., 259, 263
Umeda, Y., 203
Underdetermination, 135, 234–235
Unexpectedness, 225, 277–279, 287–289
Unifi cation, 129, 228, 232
Uniform/unifi ed theory of function, 8, 10–11, 13, 15,
31–32, 69–70, 82–87, 103
Unpredictability, 56, 224–225, 278–279, 285–289
Urea cycle, 265
Use, 46–49, 112, 117–121, 153, 165, 188, 197, 199,
204–210, 217, 236, 279
Use Plan, 78–83, 86, 153, 219
User, 3, 7, 13, 27, 29, 46–48, 52, 71, 74, 82–83,
111–112, 122, 163–164, 171–172, 193–194, 197,
204, 217, 219, 248, 287
Vaio, F., 285
Value
explanatory, 114
instrumental/noninstrumental, 91, 148, 155–158
intrinsic, 91, 149, 156, 159
moral, 154
van der Vegte, W. F., 214
Van Gulick, R., 277, 280–281, 285, 290nn6–7,
291n19
van Inwagen, P., 200n3
Variation, 9, 38–40, 42, 44, 49, 189, 191, 223–224,
234–236, 244–251, 264, 271
Vermaas, P. E., 14, 27–28, 49, 52, 69–87, 124n25,
153, 207, 219, 294
von Wright, G. H., 7, 182n14
Wagner, G. P., 263–264, 271, 273n8
Walker, J., 179
Wallace, Alfred Russel, 135
Walsh, D., 32, 142n2
Watchmaker, 42–43, 95, 267. See also Maker
Waters, K., 243
Wegner, D., 137–138, 143nn14,18
Westerhoff, H. V., 261
Whewell, William, 100
White, K. P., 268
Whole, 8, 90, 96, 99–101, 158, 172, 204, 206, 219.
See also Network as a whole; Part-whole relation;
System, as a whole
Wiggins, D., 168, 200n3
Wimsatt, W. C., 17, 266
Winter, S., 248–249, 251, 255
Wolpert, L., 180
Wong, H. Y., 290n1
Woodfi eld, A., 17–19
Wouters, A. G., 86n1, 122n3
Wright, L., 5, 14, 17, 30, 53–54, 94, 105, 188, 209,
219n4
Wright, S., 253–254
Wright-function. See Etiological theory of function;
Function, etiological
Yucca glauca, 114
Zebulum, R. S., 230
Ziman, J., 5, 243–244