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<p>This volume handles in various perspectives the concept of function and the nature of functional explanations, topics much discussed since two major and conflicting accounts have been raised by Larry Wright and Robert Cummins’ papers in the 1970s. Here, both Wright’s ‘etiological theory of functions’ and Cummins’ ‘systemic’ conception of functions are refined and elaborated in the light of current scientific practice, with papers showing how the ‘etiological’ theory faces several objections a

Who reads Functions: selection and mechanisms (Synthese Library Book 363)?

Author

Philippe Huneman

Publisher

Springer London, Limited

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9789400753044

Category

philosophy

Subjects

Science, Philosophy, Anthropology

Updated

2026-03-25