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Functionalism and structuralism as philosophical stances: van Fraassen meets the philosophy of biology
Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 30 - Trang 383-403 - 2014
I consider the broad perspectives in biology known as ‘functionalism’ and ‘structuralism’, as well as a modern version of functionalism, ‘adaptationism’. I do not take a position on which of these perspectives is preferable; my concern is with the prior question, how should they be understood? Adapting van Fraassen’s argument for treating materialism as a stance, rather than a factual belief with ...... hiện toàn bộ
Sexual selection for syntax and kin selection for semantics: problems and prospects
Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 21 - Trang 453-470 - 2006
The evolution of human language, and the kind of thought the communication of which requires it, raises considerable explanatory challenges. These systems of representation constitute a radical discontinuity in the natural world. Even species closely related to our own appear incapable of either thought or talk with the recursive structure, generalized systematicity, and task-domain neutrality tha...... hiện toàn bộ
Emergentism in the biological framework: the case of fitness
Springer Science and Business Media LLC - - 2024
In this paper, I aim to explore whether fitness, understood as a causal disposition, can be characterized as an emergent property of organisms, or if it is reducible to the anatomical, physiological, and environmentally relative properties that characterize them. In doing so, I refer to Jessica Wilson’s characterization of ontological emergence and examine if fitness meets her criteria for ontolog...... hiện toàn bộ
Evolutionary naturalism and the objectivity of morality
Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 8 - Trang 47-60 - 1993
We propose an objective and justifiable ethics that is contingent on the truth of evolutionary theory. We do not argue for the truth of this position, which depends on the empirical question of whether moral functions form a natural class, but for its cogency and possibility. The position we propose combines the advantages of Kantian objectivity with the explanatory and motivational advantages of ...... hiện toàn bộ
Taxonomy and Philosophy of Names
Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 13 - Trang 233-244 - 1998
Although naming biological clades is a major activity in taxonomy, little attention has been paid to what these names actually refer to. In philosophy, definite descriptions have long been considered equivalent to the meaning of names and biological taxonomy is a scientific application of these ideas. One problem with definite descriptions as the meanings of names is that the name will refer to wh...... hiện toàn bộ
Corvids infer the mental states of conspecifics
Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 31 - Trang 267-281 - 2015
It is well known that humans represent the mental states of others and use these representations to successfully predict, understand, and manipulate their behaviour. This is an impressive ability. Many comparative psychologists believe that some non-human apes and monkeys attribute mental states to others. But is this ability unique to mammals? In this paper, I review findings from a range of beha...... hiện toàn bộ
Why humans judge things to be good
Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 19 Số 5 - Trang 809-817 - 2004
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