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Two arguments for the etiological theory over the modal theory of biological function
Synthese 194 (4) (2017)
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This paper contains a positive development and a negative argument. It develops a theory of function loss and shows how this undermines an objection raised against the etiological theory of function in support of the modal theory of function. Then it raises two internal problems for the modal theory of functionAuthor Profiles
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