Why did the stegosaurus have plates, or is biology second-rate because it thinks in terms of ends?
Abstract There is something distinctively different about explanation in the biological sciences, as opposed to explanation in the physical sciences. In the former one has functional arguments, arguments making reference to what Aristotle called “final causes.” As in: “...
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Universidad de Valparaíso. Facultad de Humanidades .Instituto de Filosofía.
2019
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0719-42422019000200009 |
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