An edition of Norms of Nature
(2001)
Norms of Nature
Naturalism and the Nature of Functions
by Paul Sheldon Davies
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"In Norms of Nature, Paul Sheldon Davies argues against the prevailing view that natural norms are constituted out of some form of historical success - usually success in natural selection. He defends the view that functions are nothing more than effects that contribute to the exercise of some more general systemic capacity."--BOOK JACKET.
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Natural selection, Naturalism, Biology, Reference, NATURE, SCIENCE, Philosophy, Life Sciences, General, Biology, philosophy| Edition | Availability |
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Norms of Nature: Naturalism and the Nature of Functions
2003, MIT Press
in English
0262262371 9780262262378
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Norms of Nature: Naturalism and the Nature of Functions (Bradford Books)
March 1, 2003, The MIT Press
Paperback
in English
0262541440 9780262541442
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Norms of Nature: Naturalism and the Nature of Functions
2003, MIT Press
in English
0262271257 9780262271257
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Norms of Nature: Naturalism and the Nature of Functions
April 2, 2001, The MIT Press, MIT Press
Hardcover
in English
0262041871 9780262041874
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"Much in the biological world appears to us purposive."
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