Garson, Justin (2017) Against Organizational Functions. [Preprint]
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Abstract
Over the last 20 years, several philosophers developed a new approach to biological functions, the organizational (or systems-theoretic) approach. This is not a single theory but a family of theories based on the idea that a trait token can acquire a function by virtue of the way it contributes to a complex, organized, system, and thereby to its own continued persistence, as a token. I argue that the organizational approach faces a serious liberality objection. I examine three different ways organizational theorists have tried to avoid that objection and show how they fail.
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Item Type: | Preprint | ||||||
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Keywords: | Philosophy of biology; biological function; organizational functions; systems theory; selected effects | ||||||
Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology Specific Sciences > Biology > Function/Teleology Specific Sciences > Neuroscience Specific Sciences > Medicine > Psychiatry Specific Sciences > Psychology |
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Depositing User: | Dr. Justin Garson | ||||||
Date Deposited: | 15 Jan 2017 00:38 | ||||||
Last Modified: | 27 May 2019 10:08 | ||||||
Item ID: | 12757 | ||||||
Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology Specific Sciences > Biology > Function/Teleology Specific Sciences > Neuroscience Specific Sciences > Medicine > Psychiatry Specific Sciences > Psychology |
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Date: | December 2017 | ||||||
URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/12757 |
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