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Norms of nature : naturalism and the nature of functions

By Paul Sheldon Davies

Book information

Publisher
MIT Press
Year
2001
ISBN
0-262-04187-1, 9780262041874, 9780262541442, 0262541440
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2195150 bytes)
Pages
xiv, 234 p. ; 24 cm\251
Time added
2014-06-12 06:00:00

Description

"In Norms of Nature, Paul Sheldon Davies argues against the prevailing view that natural norms are constituted out of some form of historical success - usually success in natural selection. He defends the view that functions are nothing more than effects that contribute to the exercise of some more general systemic capacity."--BOOK JACKET.

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