Teleology and the Norms of Nature

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.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

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

Zusammenfassung

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.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: william j Fitzpatrick, William J. Fitzpatrick, William J. (University of Rochester Fitzpatrick, William Joseph Fitzpatrick, FITZPATRICK WILLIAM J, FitzPatrick William J.
• Mitarbeit: Robert Nozick (Herausgeber der Reihe)
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 12.12.2011
• EAN: 9780415515672
• ISBN: 978-0-415-51567-2
• Seiten: 402
• Serie: Studies in Philosophy
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Philosophie > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Philosophie: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; PHILOSOPHY / General, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, Philosophy