Author: Davies, Paul Sheldon
Title: Norms of Nature: Naturalism and the Nature of Functions
Description: Cambridge [MA], MIT Press, (2001). orig.cloth. 23x15cm, xiv,234 pp. Minor rubbing. VG. dustwrapper. ¶ Contents: Tracing Links of Causation; Approaching the Norms of Nature; Discarding Selected Functions; Defeating Promiscuity: Hierarchical Systems & Systemic Functions; Naturalizing Functions: Evidence, Methodology, & Ontology; Guiding Inquiry: The Theoretical Roles of Systemic Functions; Defining Functional Types: Success & Malfunctions.

Keywords: Philosophy of Science, Naturalism, Natural Selection, Evolution, Functions, Biology, Ontology, ,