Are biological functions selected effects?: Justin Garson: What biological functions are and why they matter. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019, 246 pp, £75.00 HB.
In: Metascience, Jg. 29 (2020-03-01), Heft 1, S. 107-111
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: Justin Garson: What biological functions are and why they matter. In the first part, Garson presents a taxonomy of the different theories of biological functions, insisting that the SE theory is the only relevant theory with regard to explanatory depth. Garson juxtaposes "minimal" function with "explanatorily deep" function, considering the latter to be more important than the former. Garson formulates function pluralism saying that biologists use either "minimal" or "explanatorily deep" functions. [Extracted from the article]
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Are biological functions selected effects?: Justin Garson: What biological functions are and why they matter. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019, 246 pp, £75.00 HB.
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| Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Roux, Etienne |
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| Zeitschrift: | Metascience, Jg. 29 (2020-03-01), Heft 1, S. 107-111 |
| Veröffentlichung: | 2020 |
| Medientyp: | review |
| ISSN: | 0815-0796 (print) |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11016-020-00492-5 |
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