Functions in biological and artificial worlds : comparative philosophical perspectives / edited by Ulrich Krohs and Peter Kroes.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kroes, Peter, 1950-

Krohs, Ulrich.

Series:

Vienna series in theoretical biology.

Vienna series in theoretical biology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biology--Philosophy.

Biology.

Technology--Philosophy.

Technology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text features investigations into the relationship between organism and artifacts from the perspective of functionality.

Contents:

Contents; Series Foreword; Preface; I Introduction; 1 Philosophical Perspectives on Organismic and Artifactual Functions; II Bridging Functions of Organisms and Artifacts; 2 Changing the Mission of Theories of Teleology; 3 Biological and Cultural Proper Functions in Comparative Perspective; 4 How Biological, Cultural, and Intended Functions Combine; 5 On Unification; III Functions and Normativity; 6 Functions and Norms; 7 The Inherent Normativity of Functions in Biology and Technology; 8 Conceptual Conservatism; 9 Ecological Restoration; IV Functions and Classification; 10 Being For

11 Realism and Artifact Kinds12 A Device-Oriented Definition of Functions of Artifacts and Its Perspectives; V Evolutionary Perspectives; 13 The Open Border; 14 Innovation and Population; 15 The Cost of Modularity; 16 Technical Artifacts, Engineering Practice, and Emergence; Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9786612240638

9780262255271

0262255278

9781282240636

1282240633

OCLC:

317406820

Publisher Number:

9786612240638