Teleology and the Norms of Nature

William J. FitzPatrick (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

402 Seiten

2000
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-8153-3602-0 (ISBN)

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This work is an examination of teleological attributions (i.e.descriptions of proper functions and natural ends) to the features and behaviour 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	20.7.2000
Reihe/Serie	Studies in Philosophy
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	880 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Metaphysik / Ontologie
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie
ISBN-10	0-8153-3602-0 / 0815336020
ISBN-13	978-0-8153-3602-0 / 9780815336020
Zustand	Neuware