How Long to Read A Critical Overview of Biological Functions

How Long Does it Take to Read A Critical Overview of Biological Functions?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 54 minutes to read A Critical Overview of Biological Functions by Justin Garson

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This book is a critical survey of and guidebook to the literature on biological functions. It ties in with current debates and developments, and at the same time, it looks back on the state of discourse in naturalized teleology prior to the 1970s. It also presents three significant new proposals. First, it describes the generalized selected effects theory, which is one version of the selected effects theory, maintaining that the function of a trait consists in the activity that led to its differential persistence or reproduction in a population, and not merely its differential reproduction. Secondly, it advances “within-discipline pluralism” (as opposed to between-discipline pluralism) a new form of function pluralism, which emphasizes the coexistence of function concepts within diverse biological sub-disciplines. Lastly, it provides a critical assessment of recent alternatives to the selected effects theory of function, namely, the weak etiological theory and the systems-theoretic theory. The book argues that, to the extent that functions purport to offer causal explanations for the existence of a trait, there are no viable alternatives to the selected effects view. The debate about biological functions is still as relevant and important to biology and philosophy as it ever was. Recent controversies surrounding the ENCODE Project Consortium in genetics, the nature of psychiatric classification, and the value of ecological restoration, all point to the continuing relevance to biology of philosophical discussion about the nature of functions. In philosophy, ongoing debates about the nature of biological information, intentionality, health and disease, mechanism, and even biological trait classification, are closely related to debates about biological functions.

How long is A Critical Overview of Biological Functions?

A Critical Overview of Biological Functions by Justin Garson is 113 pages long, and a total of 28,589 words.

This makes it 38% the length of the average book. It also has 35% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read A Critical Overview of Biological Functions Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 36 minutes to read A Critical Overview of Biological Functions aloud.

What Reading Level is A Critical Overview of Biological Functions?

A Critical Overview of Biological Functions is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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