What serves a clove hitch? Reflections on the functions of artificial and natural designs in a world without functions;¿Para qué sirve un ballestrinque? Reflexiones sobre el funcionamiento de artefactos y organismos en un mundo sin funciones

Teorema

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 57-76

  Balari, Sergio ^a   Lorenzo, Guillermo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptationism; Formalism; Functionalism; Language; Teleology

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952482401     PISSN: 02101602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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