EJPS 11 Artiga; Shaw; Reydon
Artiga, M. Biological functions and natural selection: a reappraisal. Euro Jnl Phil Sci 11, 54 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13194-021-00357-6 2-4 Funções biológicas cumprem o papel de explicação e de normatividade . Aborda a Selected-effects etiological theory "according to which the notion of a function can be analyzed in terms of selection for", geralmente com respeito a seleção por SN. A partir de T1 e T2 chega a T3, que discutirá: T1 A trait T has the function F iff T has been selected for F. T has been selected for F iff F was an effect of T and the following conditions hold: heredity; variation; differential reproduction; causation T has the function F iff F was an effect of T and the [same] conditions hold 6 Nem todas as condições precisam ser plenamente atendidas. Atender todas totalmente faz um caso "paradigmático". Functions possess two puzzling features, EXPLANATION and NORMATIVITY. Since, according to T3, functions are effects that comply ...