Darwinian functional biology

IF 0.3 3区 哲学 0 PHILOSOPHY
Santiago Ginnobili
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Abstract

One of the most important things that the Darwinian revolution affects is the previous teleological thinking. In particular, the attribution of functions to various entities of the natural world with explanatory pretensions. In this change, his theory of natural selection played an important role. We all agree on that, but the diversity and heterogeneity of the answers that try to explain what Darwin did exactly with functional biology are overwhelming.In this paper I will try to show how Darwin modified previous functional biology. For pre-Darwinian naturalists did not hesitate to attribute functions in which, for example, the traits of one species were in the service of other species.I will try to show that this has consequences on the discussion regarding the nature of functional language. I will try to show that the main approaches, the systemic and the etiological, do not adequately account for these changes and therefore do not account for the way functional biology regulates the kind of legitimate functions.I will outline a possible new solution to this problem: appropriate functional attributions in Darwinian functional biology could be regulated by a theory or a set of laws that provide the criteria for determining its fundamental concepts.
达尔文功能生物学
达尔文革命影响的最重要的事情之一是以前的目的论思维。特别是,将功能归属于自然世界的各种实体,并带有解释性的前提。在这一变化中,他的自然选择理论发挥了重要作用。我们都同意这一点,但试图解释达尔文在功能生物学方面到底做了什么的答案的多样性和异质性是压倒性的。在这篇论文中,我将试图展示达尔文是如何改变以前的功能生物学的。对于前达尔文主义的博物学家来说,他们毫不犹豫地将一个物种的特征为其他物种服务的功能归因于此。我将试图表明,这对关于功能语言性质的讨论有影响。我将试图证明,主要的方法,系统的和病因的,没有充分解释这些变化,因此没有解释功能生物学调节合法功能的方式。我将概述这个问题的一个可能的新解决方案:达尔文功能生物学中适当的功能归因可以由一个理论或一套定律来调节,这些理论或定律为确定其基本概念提供了标准。
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期刊介绍: Since its foundation in 1935, Theoria publishes research in all areas of philosophy. Theoria is committed to precision and clarity in philosophical discussions, and encourages cooperation between philosophy and other disciplines. The journal is not affiliated with any particular school or faction. Instead, it promotes dialogues between different philosophical viewpoints. Theoria is peer-reviewed. It publishes articles, reviews, and shorter notes and discussions. Short discussion notes on recent articles in Theoria are welcome.
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