Teleology
The notions of purpose, goal, end and function are used (and abused) in descriptions of a very wide range of human, animal and machine behaviour. Andrew Woodfield provides here a unified account of such teleological descriptions and explanations, their varieties, their logical structure and their pr...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press
1976
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| Online Access: | Sumario |
| See on Universidad de Navarra: | https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991002863229708016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es |
| Summary: | The notions of purpose, goal, end and function are used (and abused) in descriptions of a very wide range of human, animal and machine behaviour. Andrew Woodfield provides here a unified account of such teleological descriptions and explanations, their varieties, their logical structure and their proper uses. He concentrates his argument on the concepts of 'goal-directed behaviour' and 'natural function', and combines original philosophical criticism with a meticulous, detailed survey of the main competing theories in this diffuse and difficult field. |
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| Item Description: | Based on the author's thesis, St. John's College, Oxford |
| Physical Description: | viii, 232 p. ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. [224]-227). Índice |
| ISBN: | 9780521211024 |
