It takes the average reader 4 hours and 28 minutes to read What Functions Explain by Peter McLaughlin
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This 2001 book offers an examination of functional explanation as it is used in biology and the social sciences, and focuses on the kinds of philosophical presuppositions that such explanations carry with them. It tackles such questions as: why are some things explained functionally while others are not? What do the functional explanations tell us about how these objects are conceptualized? What do we commit ourselves to when we give and take functional explanations in the life sciences and the social sciences? McLaughlin gives a critical review of the debate on functional explanation in the...
What Functions Explain by Peter McLaughlin is 259 pages long, and a total of 67,081 words.
This makes it 87% the length of the average book. It also has 82% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 6 minutes to read What Functions Explain aloud.
What Functions Explain is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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