Series Foreword |
Preface |
Introduction / I: |
Philosophical Perspectives on Organismic and Artifactual Functions / Ulrich Krohs ; Peter Kroes1: |
Bridging Functions of Organisms and Artifacts / II: |
Changing the Mission of Theories of Teleology: DOs and DON'Ts for Thinking About Function / Mark Perlman2: |
Biological and Cultural Proper Functions in Comparative Perspective / Beth Preston3: |
How Biological, Cultural, and Intended Functions Combine / Francoise Longy4: |
On Unification: Taking Technical Functions as Objective (and Biological Functions as Subjective) / Pieter E. Vermaas5: |
Functions and Normativity / III: |
Functions and Norms / Peter McLaughlin6: |
The Inherent Normativity of Functions in Biology and Technology / Maarten Franssen7: |
Conceptual Conservatism: The Case of Normative Functions / Paul Sheldon Davies8: |
Ecological Restoration: From Functional Descriptions to Normative Prescriptions / Andrew Light9: |
Functions and Classification / IV: |
Being For: A Philosophical Hypothesis About the Structure of Functional Knowledge / Giacomo Romano10: |
Realism and Artifact Kinds / Marzia Soavi11: |
A Device-Oriented Definition of Functions of Artifacts and Its Perspectives / Yoshinobu Kitamura ; Riichiro Mizoguchi12: |
Evolutionary Perspectives / V: |
The Open Border: Two Cases of Concept Transfer from Organisms to Artifacts / Wybo Houkes13: |
Innovation and Population / Tim Lewens14: |
The Cost of Modularity / 15: |
Technical Artifacts, Engineering Practice, and Emergence / 16: |
Contributors |
Index |
Series Foreword |
Preface |
Introduction / I: |
Philosophical Perspectives on Organismic and Artifactual Functions / Ulrich Krohs ; Peter Kroes1: |
Bridging Functions of Organisms and Artifacts / II: |
Changing the Mission of Theories of Teleology: DOs and DON'Ts for Thinking About Function / Mark Perlman2: |