Functional Analyses and Selectional Explanations in Biology. A Critique of the Etiological Conception of the Function concept
In opposition to the etiological conception of biological functions, this paper attempts to show that explanations by natural selection, far from justifying functional attributions, presuppose them, and that these attributions may be understood by appealing to a particular specification of the syst...
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| Language: | English |
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia
2010-09-01
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| Series: | Ideas y Valores |
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| Online Access: | http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/idval/article/viewFile/10836/17158 |