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003 OCoLC;

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008 970806s1998 maua b 001 0 eng ;

010 a| 97029290;

020 a| 0262011689 (hardcover : alk. paper);

020 a| 0262510979 (pbk. : alk. paper);

035 a| (Sirsi) o37475093;

035 a| (OCoLC)37475093;

049 a| EREE;

050 00 a| QH331b| .N385 1998;

082 00 a| 570/.12| 21;

245 00 a| Nature's purposes :b| analyses of function and design in biology /c| edited by Colin Allen, Marc Bekoff, and George Lauder.;

260 a| Cambridge, Mass. :b| The MIT Press,c| 1998.;

300 a| vi, 597 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

500 a| "A Bradford book.";

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Teleological explanations in evolutionary biology / Francisco J. Ayala -- Functions / Larry Wright -- Biological teleology: questions and explanations / Robert N. Brandon -- The inference of function from structure in fossils / M.J.S. Rudwick -- Adaptation and the form-function complex / Walter J. Bock and Gerd von Wahlert -- Functional analysis / Robert Cummins -- Teleology revisited / Ernest Nagel -- Functions / John Bigelow and Robert Pargetter -- Where's the good in teleology? / Mark Bedau -- In defense of proper functions / Ruth Garrett Millikan -- Functions as selected effects: the conceptual analyst's defense / Karen Neander -- Function without purpose: the uses of causal role function in evolutionary biology / Ron Amundson and George V. Lauder -- Functions and goal directedness / Berent Enç and Fred Adams -- Function, fitness, and disposition / Sandra D. Mitchell -- The concept of function / R.A. Hinde -- Functional analysis and proper functions / Paul E. Griffiths -- A modern history theory of functions / Peter Godfrey-Smith -- Function and design / Philip Kitcher -- Historical biology and the problem of design / George V. Lauder -- Exaptation- a missing term in the science of form / Stephen Jay Gould and Elisabeth S. Vrba -- Adaptation and the form-function relation / Carl Gans -- Biological function, adaptation, and natural design / Colin Allen and Marc Bekoff.;

650 0 a| Biologyx| Philosophy.=| ^A7648;

650 0 a| Teleology.=| ^A20421;

700 1 a| Allen, Colin.=| ^A395046;

700 1 a| Bekoff, Marc.=| ^A96890;

700 1 a| Lauder, George V.=| ^A166994;

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Nature's purposes : analyses of function and design in biology / edited by Colin Allen, Marc Bekoff, and George Lauder.

Other author	Allen, Colin.
Other author	Bekoff, Marc.
Other author	Lauder, George V.
Format	Book
Publication Info	Cambridge, Mass. : The MIT Press, 1998.
Description	vi, 597 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects	Biology--Philosophy. Teleology.

Contents	Teleological explanations in evolutionary biology / Francisco J. Ayala -- Functions / Larry Wright -- Biological teleology: questions and explanations / Robert N. Brandon -- The inference of function from structure in fossils / M.J.S. Rudwick -- Adaptation and the form-function complex / Walter J. Bock and Gerd von Wahlert -- Functional analysis / Robert Cummins -- Teleology revisited / Ernest Nagel -- Functions / John Bigelow and Robert Pargetter -- Where's the good in teleology? / Mark Bedau -- In defense of proper functions / Ruth Garrett Millikan -- Functions as selected effects: the conceptual analyst's defense / Karen Neander -- Function without purpose: the uses of causal role function in evolutionary biology / Ron Amundson and George V. Lauder -- Functions and goal directedness / Berent Enç and Fred Adams -- Function, fitness, and disposition / Sandra D. Mitchell -- The concept of function / R.A. Hinde -- Functional analysis and proper functions / Paul E. Griffiths -- A modern history theory of functions / Peter Godfrey-Smith -- Function and design / Philip Kitcher -- Historical biology and the problem of design / George V. Lauder -- Exaptation- a missing term in the science of form / Stephen Jay Gould and Elisabeth S. Vrba -- Adaptation and the form-function relation / Carl Gans -- Biological function, adaptation, and natural design / Colin Allen and Marc Bekoff.
General note	"A Bradford book."
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	97029290
ISBN	0262011689 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	0262510979 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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