What biological functions are and why they matter /:
This accessible book presents a new theory of biological functions and connects it to contemporary problems in philosophy and science.
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| 505 | 8 | |a 6.1 The Theory6.2 Six Problems for GSE; 6.3 Functions and Populations; 6.4 A Harder Liberality Problem; Chapter 7 Proper Functions Are Proximal Functions; 7.1 What Function Indeterminacy Is and Why It Matters; 7.2 Distal and Proximal Functions; 7.3 An Objection to Proximal Functions; 7.4 Functions and Functional Analysis; 7.5 Functions and Mechanistic Explanation; Chapter 8 When Functions Go Wrong; 8.1 Constitution and Circumstance; 8.2 Normal Environment and Selective Environment; 8.3 Can the Biostatistical Theory Explain Dysfunction?; Part III Applications; Chapter 9 Function Pluralism | |
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| contents | Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I Background; Chapter 1 The Strangeness of Functions; 1.1 Functions and Explanations; 1.2 Backwards Causation; 1.3 Theism and Fictionalism; 1.4 Being There; 1.5 Rules of the Game; Chapter 2 Function and Selection; 2.1 The Traditional Selected Effects Theory; 2.2 Mutation, Drift, Design; 2.3 Criticisms of the Traditional Selected Effects Theory; The Selected Effects Theory is Not Really Explanatory; The Selected Effects Theory is Not Really Normative; Functions and Vestiges A Bevy of CounterexamplesChapter 3 Feedback and Functions; 3.1 Forward-Looking Functions; 3.2 Invoking the Wrong History; 3.3 Organizational Functions; 3.4 Weak Etiological Functions; Part II Theory; Chapter 4 An Explosion of Selection Processes; 4.1 The Breadth of Selection; 4.2 Functions and Antibody Selection; 4.3 Is Learning a Selection Process?; Chapter 5 Selection and Construction; 5.1 How to Build a Brain; 5.2 Selection and Construction; 5.3 War of the Synapses; 5.4 The Function of Selection; 5.5 How the Brain Makes Functions; Chapter 6 A Generalized Selected Effects Theory of Function 6.1 The Theory6.2 Six Problems for GSE; 6.3 Functions and Populations; 6.4 A Harder Liberality Problem; Chapter 7 Proper Functions Are Proximal Functions; 7.1 What Function Indeterminacy Is and Why It Matters; 7.2 Distal and Proximal Functions; 7.3 An Objection to Proximal Functions; 7.4 Functions and Functional Analysis; 7.5 Functions and Mechanistic Explanation; Chapter 8 When Functions Go Wrong; 8.1 Constitution and Circumstance; 8.2 Normal Environment and Selective Environment; 8.3 Can the Biostatistical Theory Explain Dysfunction?; Part III Applications; Chapter 9 Function Pluralism 9.1 Selected Effects and Causal Roles9.2 SE-Disciplines and CR-Disciplines?; Chapter 10 What Are Mechanisms?; 10.1 The Functional Sense of Mechanism; 10.2 Two Senses of ''Mechanism''; 10.3 Convergence and Divergence; 10.4 How Mechanisms Break; 10.5 How to Explain Disease; 10.6 Is Natural Selection a Mechanism?; Chapter 11 What Are Mental Disorders?; 11.1 Mental Disorders and Biological Dysfunctions; 11.2 Mismatch or Dysfunction?; 11.3 Developmental Mismatches; 11.4 Generalized Selection Processes and Mental Disorders; 11.5 Objections and Replies; No Dysfunction, No Disorder A Disorder and a DysfunctionChapter 12 A New Kind of Teleosemantics; 12.1 Meaning and Selection; 12.2 Producers and Consumers; 12.3 Neural Selection and Novel Representations; 12.4 Proximal-Distal Content Indeterminacy; A Programmatic Epilogue; References; Index |
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| spelling | Garson, Justin, author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2014027281 What biological functions are and why they matter / Justin Garson, Hunter College, City University of New York. Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2019. 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 31, 2019). Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I Background; Chapter 1 The Strangeness of Functions; 1.1 Functions and Explanations; 1.2 Backwards Causation; 1.3 Theism and Fictionalism; 1.4 Being There; 1.5 Rules of the Game; Chapter 2 Function and Selection; 2.1 The Traditional Selected Effects Theory; 2.2 Mutation, Drift, Design; 2.3 Criticisms of the Traditional Selected Effects Theory; The Selected Effects Theory is Not Really Explanatory; The Selected Effects Theory is Not Really Normative; Functions and Vestiges A Bevy of CounterexamplesChapter 3 Feedback and Functions; 3.1 Forward-Looking Functions; 3.2 Invoking the Wrong History; 3.3 Organizational Functions; 3.4 Weak Etiological Functions; Part II Theory; Chapter 4 An Explosion of Selection Processes; 4.1 The Breadth of Selection; 4.2 Functions and Antibody Selection; 4.3 Is Learning a Selection Process?; Chapter 5 Selection and Construction; 5.1 How to Build a Brain; 5.2 Selection and Construction; 5.3 War of the Synapses; 5.4 The Function of Selection; 5.5 How the Brain Makes Functions; Chapter 6 A Generalized Selected Effects Theory of Function 6.1 The Theory6.2 Six Problems for GSE; 6.3 Functions and Populations; 6.4 A Harder Liberality Problem; Chapter 7 Proper Functions Are Proximal Functions; 7.1 What Function Indeterminacy Is and Why It Matters; 7.2 Distal and Proximal Functions; 7.3 An Objection to Proximal Functions; 7.4 Functions and Functional Analysis; 7.5 Functions and Mechanistic Explanation; Chapter 8 When Functions Go Wrong; 8.1 Constitution and Circumstance; 8.2 Normal Environment and Selective Environment; 8.3 Can the Biostatistical Theory Explain Dysfunction?; Part III Applications; Chapter 9 Function Pluralism 9.1 Selected Effects and Causal Roles9.2 SE-Disciplines and CR-Disciplines?; Chapter 10 What Are Mechanisms?; 10.1 The Functional Sense of Mechanism; 10.2 Two Senses of ''Mechanism''; 10.3 Convergence and Divergence; 10.4 How Mechanisms Break; 10.5 How to Explain Disease; 10.6 Is Natural Selection a Mechanism?; Chapter 11 What Are Mental Disorders?; 11.1 Mental Disorders and Biological Dysfunctions; 11.2 Mismatch or Dysfunction?; 11.3 Developmental Mismatches; 11.4 Generalized Selection Processes and Mental Disorders; 11.5 Objections and Replies; No Dysfunction, No Disorder A Disorder and a DysfunctionChapter 12 A New Kind of Teleosemantics; 12.1 Meaning and Selection; 12.2 Producers and Consumers; 12.3 Neural Selection and Novel Representations; 12.4 Proximal-Distal Content Indeterminacy; A Programmatic Epilogue; References; Index This accessible book presents a new theory of biological functions and connects it to contemporary problems in philosophy and science. Biology Philosophy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85014214 Phenomenological biology. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2006001276 Biological Phenomena https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001686 Biologie Philosophie. Biologie phénoménologique. NATURE Reference. bisacsh SCIENCE Life Sciences Biology. bisacsh SCIENCE Life Sciences General. bisacsh Biology Philosophy fast Phenomenological biology fast Print version: 9781108472593 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1993945 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Garson, Justin What biological functions are and why they matter / Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I Background; Chapter 1 The Strangeness of Functions; 1.1 Functions and Explanations; 1.2 Backwards Causation; 1.3 Theism and Fictionalism; 1.4 Being There; 1.5 Rules of the Game; Chapter 2 Function and Selection; 2.1 The Traditional Selected Effects Theory; 2.2 Mutation, Drift, Design; 2.3 Criticisms of the Traditional Selected Effects Theory; The Selected Effects Theory is Not Really Explanatory; The Selected Effects Theory is Not Really Normative; Functions and Vestiges A Bevy of CounterexamplesChapter 3 Feedback and Functions; 3.1 Forward-Looking Functions; 3.2 Invoking the Wrong History; 3.3 Organizational Functions; 3.4 Weak Etiological Functions; Part II Theory; Chapter 4 An Explosion of Selection Processes; 4.1 The Breadth of Selection; 4.2 Functions and Antibody Selection; 4.3 Is Learning a Selection Process?; Chapter 5 Selection and Construction; 5.1 How to Build a Brain; 5.2 Selection and Construction; 5.3 War of the Synapses; 5.4 The Function of Selection; 5.5 How the Brain Makes Functions; Chapter 6 A Generalized Selected Effects Theory of Function 6.1 The Theory6.2 Six Problems for GSE; 6.3 Functions and Populations; 6.4 A Harder Liberality Problem; Chapter 7 Proper Functions Are Proximal Functions; 7.1 What Function Indeterminacy Is and Why It Matters; 7.2 Distal and Proximal Functions; 7.3 An Objection to Proximal Functions; 7.4 Functions and Functional Analysis; 7.5 Functions and Mechanistic Explanation; Chapter 8 When Functions Go Wrong; 8.1 Constitution and Circumstance; 8.2 Normal Environment and Selective Environment; 8.3 Can the Biostatistical Theory Explain Dysfunction?; Part III Applications; Chapter 9 Function Pluralism 9.1 Selected Effects and Causal Roles9.2 SE-Disciplines and CR-Disciplines?; Chapter 10 What Are Mechanisms?; 10.1 The Functional Sense of Mechanism; 10.2 Two Senses of ''Mechanism''; 10.3 Convergence and Divergence; 10.4 How Mechanisms Break; 10.5 How to Explain Disease; 10.6 Is Natural Selection a Mechanism?; Chapter 11 What Are Mental Disorders?; 11.1 Mental Disorders and Biological Dysfunctions; 11.2 Mismatch or Dysfunction?; 11.3 Developmental Mismatches; 11.4 Generalized Selection Processes and Mental Disorders; 11.5 Objections and Replies; No Dysfunction, No Disorder A Disorder and a DysfunctionChapter 12 A New Kind of Teleosemantics; 12.1 Meaning and Selection; 12.2 Producers and Consumers; 12.3 Neural Selection and Novel Representations; 12.4 Proximal-Distal Content Indeterminacy; A Programmatic Epilogue; References; Index Biology Philosophy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85014214 Phenomenological biology. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2006001276 Biological Phenomena https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001686 Biologie Philosophie. Biologie phénoménologique. NATURE Reference. bisacsh SCIENCE Life Sciences Biology. bisacsh SCIENCE Life Sciences General. bisacsh Biology Philosophy fast Phenomenological biology fast |
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| title_auth | What biological functions are and why they matter / |
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| title_full | What biological functions are and why they matter / Justin Garson, Hunter College, City University of New York. |
| title_fullStr | What biological functions are and why they matter / Justin Garson, Hunter College, City University of New York. |
| title_full_unstemmed | What biological functions are and why they matter / Justin Garson, Hunter College, City University of New York. |
| title_short | What biological functions are and why they matter / |
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| topic | Biology Philosophy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85014214 Phenomenological biology. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2006001276 Biological Phenomena https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001686 Biologie Philosophie. Biologie phénoménologique. NATURE Reference. bisacsh SCIENCE Life Sciences Biology. bisacsh SCIENCE Life Sciences General. bisacsh Biology Philosophy fast Phenomenological biology fast |
| topic_facet | Biology Philosophy. Phenomenological biology. Biological Phenomena Biologie Philosophie. Biologie phénoménologique. NATURE Reference. SCIENCE Life Sciences Biology. SCIENCE Life Sciences General. Biology Philosophy Phenomenological biology |
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