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Functions: New Essays in the Philosophy of Psychology and Biology
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Product Description: 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.
By Andre Ariew (editor), Robert Cummins (editor) and Mark Perlman (editor)
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Hardcover:

9780199255801 | Oxford Univ Pr, November 7, 2002, cover price $135.00 | About this edition: In explaining aspects of the natural world, including the aspects of mind, scientists have frequently used the concept of function.
9780198241027 | Oxford Univ Pr, January 1, 2002, cover price $70.00 | also contains The Development of Autobiographical Reasoning in Adolescence and Beyond | About this edition: This book is intended for scholars and students of philosophy of biology, cognitive science, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of science.

Paperback:

9780199255818 | Clarendon Pr, November 7, 2002, cover price $62.00
9780198241034 | Oxford Univ Pr, February 1, 2002, cover price $24.95 | also contains Data Mining and Statistics for Decision Making | About this edition: Topics include: a history of teleology and functional explanation; evolutionary biology and teleological thinking; functional explanations; teleos emantics; adaptational role and the philosophy of mind; and function, structure, and homology in the classification of traits.

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