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by Rose Novick

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The history of biology is mottled with disputes between two distinct approaches to the organic world: structuralism and functionalism. Their persistence across radical theory change makes them difficult to characterize: the characterization must be abstract enough to capture biologists with diverse theoretical commitments, yet not so abstract as to be vacuous. This Element develops a novel account of structuralism and functionalism in terms of explanatory strategies (Section 2). This reveals the possibility of integrating the two strategies; the explanatory successes of evolutionary-developmental biology essentially depend on such integration (Section 3). Neither explanatory strategy is universally subordinate to the other, though subordination with respect to particular explanatory tasks is possible (Section 4). Beyond structuralism and functionalism, philosophical analysis that centers explanatory strategies can illuminate conflicts within evolutionary theory more generally (Section 5).

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  • Title Structure and Function
  • Author Rose Novick
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 88
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cambridge University Press
  • Publication date 2023-03-09
  • Features Bibliography
  • ISBN 9781009013888 / 1009013882
  • Weight 0.28 lbs (0.13 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.18 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 0.46 cm)
  • Category Science
  • Library of Congress subjects Evolution (Biology) - Philosophy, Developmental biology - Philosophy
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2023013628
  • Dewey Decimal Code 576.801

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