What functions explain : functional explanation and self-reproducing systems / Peter McLaughlin.

This 2001 book offers an examination of functional explanation as it is used in biology and the social sciences, and focuses on the kinds of philosophical presuppositions that such explanations carry with them. It tackles such questions as: why are some things explained functionally while others are...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Cambridge)
Main Author: McLaughlin, Peter
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Series:Cambridge studies in philosophy and biology.
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