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" Norms of nature : "
Paul Sheldon Davies.
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BL
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626202
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Davies, Paul Sheldon.
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Norms of nature : : naturalism and the nature of functions /\ Paul Sheldon Davies.
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Cambridge, Mass. :: MIT Press,, c2001.
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xiv, 234 p. ;; 24 cm.
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0262041871 (alk. paper)
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: 9780262041874 (alk. paper)
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: 9780262541442 (pbk)
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: 0262541440 (pbk)
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"A Bradford book."
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-225) and index.
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| Contents
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Tracing links of causation -- Approaching the norms of nature -- Discarding selected functions -- Defeating promiscuity: hierarchical systems and systemic functions -- Naturalizing functions: evidence, methodology, and ontology -- Guiding inquiry: the theoretical roles of systemic functions -- Defining functional types: success and malfunctions.
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"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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Natural selection.
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Naturalism.
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QH375.D36 2001
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