Norms from Nature. Etiological Functions as Normative Standards

When we say that the function of a knife is cutting, we open the door to evaluating knives based on how well they cut. The aim of the paper is to investigate whether functions ground normative standards. This is an exciting question, as it would highlight the important existence of one instance of...

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Autor principal:	Carlo Burelli
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Lenguaje:	EN FR IT
Publicado:	Rosenberg & Sellier 2020
Materias:	functions functionalism normativity nature morality evolution Aesthetics BH1-301 Ethics BJ1-1725
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:136fd965ad174271979bfcc5e5db2db32021-12-02T10:34:02ZNorms from Nature. Etiological Functions as Normative Standards10.13128/pam-80362280-78532239-4028https://doaj.org/article/136fd965ad174271979bfcc5e5db2db32020-02-01T00:00:00Zhttps://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/pam/article/view/8036https://doaj.org/toc/2280-7853https://doaj.org/toc/2239-4028 When we say that the function of a knife is cutting, we open the door to evaluating knives based on how well they cut. The aim of the paper is to investigate whether functions ground normative standards. This is an exciting question, as it would highlight the important existence of one instance of non-moral normativity and investigate to what degree it involves a trade off with it. Additionally, insofar as it depends on a naturalistic account of functions, functional normativity may be an obvious candidate of non-linguistic normativity that the special issue aims to investigate. The article will first investigate what functions are, providing an etiological account that explains functional attributions for artefacts, as well as biological and social functions. It then discusses how failing to discharge a function results in malfunctioning, not in losing the function. Finally, it argues that functions so understood provide normative standards, independent of moral norms. Carlo BurelliRosenberg & SellierarticlefunctionsfunctionalismnormativitynaturemoralityevolutionAestheticsBH1-301EthicsBJ1-1725ENFRITPhenomenology and Mind, Iss 17 (2020)
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description	When we say that the function of a knife is cutting, we open the door to evaluating knives based on how well they cut. The aim of the paper is to investigate whether functions ground normative standards. This is an exciting question, as it would highlight the important existence of one instance of non-moral normativity and investigate to what degree it involves a trade off with it. Additionally, insofar as it depends on a naturalistic account of functions, functional normativity may be an obvious candidate of non-linguistic normativity that the special issue aims to investigate. The article will first investigate what functions are, providing an etiological account that explains functional attributions for artefacts, as well as biological and social functions. It then discusses how failing to discharge a function results in malfunctioning, not in losing the function. Finally, it argues that functions so understood provide normative standards, independent of moral norms.
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Norms from Nature. Etiological Functions as Normative Standards

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