Teleology
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viii, 232 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
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General Note
Based on the author's thesis, St. John's College, Oxford.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-227) and index.
Description
The notions of purpose, goal, end and function are used (and abused) in descriptions of a very wide range of human, animal and machine behaviour. Andrew Woodfield provides here a unified account of such teleological descriptions and explanations, their varieties, their logical structure and their proper uses. He concentrates his argument on the concepts of 'goal-directed behaviour' and 'natural function', and combines original philosophical criticism with a meticulous, detailed survey of the main competing theories in this diffuse and difficult field.
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SACFinal081324
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Woodfield, A. (1976). Teleology . Cambridge University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Woodfield, Andrew. 1976. Teleology. Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Woodfield, Andrew. Teleology Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1976.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Woodfield, A. (1976). Teleology. Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Woodfield, Andrew. Teleology Cambridge University Press, 1976.
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