Teleology and the Norms of Nature

William J. FitzPatrick (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

402 Seiten

2011
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-51567-2 (ISBN)

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This work is an examination of teleological attributions i.e. ascriptions of proper functions and natural ends) to the features and behavior of living things with a view to understanding their application to human life.

William J. FitzPatrick is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Virginia Tech.

Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Functional Systems: Artificial and Organic; Chapter 3: Natural Selection; Genes and Organismic Welfare; Chapter 4: An Account of Biological Teleology; Chapter 5: Development and Applications of the Account; Chapter 6: Welfare and Natural Teleology; Chapter 7: Contrasts with Dawkins and with Standard Etiological Accounts; Chapter 8: An Account of Functional Teleological Explanation: Historical Sensitivity Without Reduction; Chapter 9: Biological Teleology in Human Life; Chapter 10:Human Nature and Morality; Bibliography; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	13.12.2011
Reihe/Serie	Studies in Philosophy
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	740 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Metaphysik / Ontologie
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie
ISBN-10	0-415-51567-X / 041551567X
ISBN-13	978-0-415-51567-2 / 9780415515672
Zustand	Neuware