The function of function

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 113-133

  Ratcliffe, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034148627     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-8486(99)00039-4     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Allen C., Beckoff M. Biological Function, Adaptation and Natural Design. Philosophy of Science. 62:1995;609-622.
2. Amundson R., Lauder G.V. Function without Purpose: The Uses of Causal Role Function in Evolutionary Biology. Biology and Philosophy. 9:1994;443-469.
3. Bigelow J., Pargetter R. Functions. Journal of Philosophy. 84:1987;181-196.
4. Boorse C. Wright on Functions. The Philosophical Review. 85:1976;70-86.
5. Cummins, R. (1984) `Functional analysis', in E. Sober (ed.), Conceptual Issues in Evolutionary Biology (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press), pp. 386-407 (paper first published in 1975 in Journal of Philosophy 72, 741-765).
6. Dawkins, R. (1982) The Extended Phenotype (Oxford: W.H. Freeman).
7. Dawkins, R. (1989) The Selfish Gene, rev. edn. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1st edn published in 1976).
8. Dennett, D. C. (1987) The Intentional Stance (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press).
9. Dennett, D. C. (1995) Darwin's Dangerous Idea (Allen Lane: The Penguin Press).
10. Dennett, D. C. (1996) Kinds of Minds (London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson).
11. Gibson, J. J. (1979) The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception (Boston: Houghton Mifflin).
12. Godfrey-Smith, P. (1998) `Functions: Consensus without Unity', in D. L. Hull and M. Ruse (eds), The Philosophy of Biology (Oxford: Oxford University Press), pp. 280-292 (paper first published in 1993 in Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 74, 196-208).
13. Griffiths P. Functional Analysis and Proper Functions. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. 44:1993;409-422.
14. Kant, I. (1952) The Critique Of Judgement, trans. J.C. Meredith (Oxford: Oxford University Press).
15. Kennedy, J. S. (1992) The New Anthropomorphism (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press).
16. Kitcher P. Function and Design. Midwest Studies in Philosophy. 18:1993;379-397.
17. Lennox J. Darwin was a Teleologist. Biology and Philosophy. 8:1993;409-421.
18. Marr, D. (1982) Vision (New York: Freeman).
19. Matthen M. Teleology and the Product Analogy. Australasian Journal of Philosophy. 75:1997;21-37.
20. McFarland, J. D. (1970) Kant's Concept of Teleology (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press).
21. Millikan, R. (1984) Language, Thought and other Biological Categories (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press).
22. Millikan, R. (1993) White Queen Psychology and other Essays for Alice (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press).
23. Neander K. Functions as Selected Effects: The Conceptual Analyst's Defense. Philosophy of Science. 58:1991;168-184.
24. Richards, R. J. (1987) Darwin and the Emergence of Evolutionary Theories of Mind and Behaviour (Chicago: University of Chicago Press).
25. Rosenberg, A. (1985) The Structure of Biological Science (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press).
26. Searle, J. R. (1992) The Rediscovery of the Mind (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press).
27. Searle, J. R. (1995) The Construction of Social Reality (Allen Lane: Penguin Press).
28. Walsh D.M. Fitness and Function. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. 47:1996;553-574.
29. Wright, L. (1976) Teleological Explanations (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University Of California Press).