Función como concepto teórico
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https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-31662011000400006Keywords:
Function, Functional explanation, Darwin, Theory of evolution, Functional biology, Metatheoretical structuralismAbstract
This article proposes a new perspective on the attribution of functions in biology. The main idea is to consider functional concepts as primitive concepts of a scientific theory, such as the theory developed in Darwin's texts about cross fertilization. I will show that theories that use functional concepts in this way have characteristics that are typical of theories usually regarded as genuine, and I will compare my approach with alternative approaches about functions. In the reconstruction, I will presuppose metatheoretical structuralism tools.Downloads
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2011-01-01
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Función como concepto teórico . (2011). Scientiae Studia, 9(4), 847-880. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-31662011000400006