Functions: New Essays in the Philosophy of Psychology and Biology

ISBN-13: 9780199255818 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 464 str.

Andre Ariew; Robert Cummins; Mark Perlman

Opis

In explaining aspects of the natural world, including the aspects of mind, scientists have frequently used the concept of function. But what are functions? Here, 15 leading scholars of philosophy of psychology and philosophy of biology present new essays on functions.

Recenzje

a richly varied collection of essays which ... provides the reader with the opportunity for a sustained examination of the central issues concerning functions and their role in biology and psychology.

O autorze

Robert Cummins is Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Davis Mark Perlman is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Western Oregon University Andre Ariew is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Rhode Island