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Functions in biological and artificial worlds: comparative philosophical perspectives

Introduction -- Philosophical perspectives on organismic and artifactual functions / Ulrich Krohs and Peter Kroes -- Bridging functions of organisms and artifacts -- Changing the mission of theories of teleology : dos and don'ts for thinking about function / Mark Perlman -- Biological and cultu...

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Other Authors: Krohs, Ulrich (Editor) , Kroes, Peter (Other)
Format: Edited Volume
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.] MIT Press 2009
Series:The Vienna series in theoretical biology
Volumes / Articles: Show Volumes / Articles.
Subjects:
Aufsatzsammlung
Technikphilosophie
Emergenz
Normativität
Funktion
Biophilosophie
Philosophie
Biologie
Online Access:Verlag, Inhaltsverzeichnis: https://swbplus.bsz-bw.de/bsz306135418inh.htm
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction ; Philosophical perspectives on organismic and artifactual functions Ulrich Krohs and Peter Kroes
  • Bridging functions of organisms and artifacts ; Changing the mission of theories of teleology : dos and don'ts for thinking about function Mark Perlman
  • Biological and cultural proper functions in comparative perspective Beth Preston
  • How biological, cultural, and intended functions combine Françoise Longy
  • On unification : taking technical functions as objective (and biological functions as subjective) Pieter E. Vermaas
  • Functions and normativity ; Functions and norms Peter McLaughlin
  • The inherent normativity of functions in biology and technology Maarten Franssen
  • Conceptual conservatism : the case of normative functions Paul Sheldon Davies
  • Ecological restoration : from functional descriptions to normative prescriptions Andrew Light
  • Functions and classification ; Being for : a philosophical hypothesis about the structure of functional knowledge Giacomo Romano
  • Realism and artifact kinds Marzia Soavi
  • A device-oriented definition of functions of artifacts and its perspectives Yoshinobu Kitamura and Riichiro Mizoguchi
  • Evolutionary perspectives ; The open border : two cases of concept transfer from organisms to artifacts Wybo Houkes
  • Innovation and population Tim Lewens
  • The cost of modularity Ulrich Krohs
  • Technical artifacts, engineering practice, and emergence Peter Kroes.

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