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- catalog abstract ""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."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12089846.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog 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."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-225) and index.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 234 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0262041871 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press,".
- catalog subject "570/.1 21".
- catalog subject "Natural selection.".
- catalog subject "Naturalism.".
- catalog subject "QH375 .D36 2001".
- catalog tableOfContents "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.".
- catalog title "Norms of nature : naturalism and the nature of functions / Paul Sheldon Davies.".
- catalog type "text".