How to Be a Function Pluralist

作者: Justin Garson

DOI: 10.1093/BJPS/AXX007

关键词: PhilosophyFunction (engineering)EpistemologyPluralism (political theory)

摘要: AbstractI distinguish two forms of pluralism about biological functions, between-discipline and within-discipline pluralism. Between-discipline holds that different theories ...

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