Functions: From Organisms to Artefacts (Buch)

Functions: From Organisms to Artefacts

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Herausgeber: Jean Gayon, Antoine C. Dussault, Armand de Ricqlès

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Springer International Publishing, 07/2024
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert, Paperback
Sprache: Englisch
ISBN-13: 9783031312731
Bestellnummer: 11930094
Umfang: 400 Seiten
Auflage: 2023
Gewicht: 604 g
Maße: 235 x 155 mm
Stärke: 22 mm
Erscheinungstermin: 27.7.2024
Serie: History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences - Band 32
Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!

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This book, originally published in French, examines the philosophical debates on functions over the last forty years and proposes new ways of analysis. Pervasive throughout the life sciences, the concept of function has the air of an epistemological scandal: ascribing a function to a biological structure or process amounts to suggesting that it is explained by its effects. This book confronts the debates on function with the use of the notion in a wide range of disciplines, such as biology, psychology, and medicine. It also raises the question of whether this notion, which is as old in the history of technology as it is in the life sciences, has the same meaning in these two domains.