The autonomy of functional biology: A reply to Rosenberg

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 93-109

  Lange, Marc ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Counterfactual; Explanation; Function; Laws; Reductionism

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL ROLE;

EID: 1542757274     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BIPH.0000013247.44628.02     Document Type: Article

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