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Ethical reflections in legal medicine and forensic medical expertise: looking beyond the norm. [PDF]
Rev Bras Med Trabde Almeida G.
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Thorndike's law of effect and its inconsistent description over the years. [PDF]
J Exp Anal BehavDomjan M.
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Enigmatic Pachytene PIWI-Interacting RNAs. [PDF]
Genome Biol EvolXu MM, Li XZ.
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Analytic Philosophy, 2021
AbstractIn this article, I develop a metaphysical account of final causes grounded on contemporary powers metaphysics. After having presented some key elements of an Aristotle‐inspired teleology, i.e., the study of final causes within Aristotelian tradition, I introduce powers. Moreover, I present some theses about their nature and features. Afterward,
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AbstractIn this article, I develop a metaphysical account of final causes grounded on contemporary powers metaphysics. After having presented some key elements of an Aristotle‐inspired teleology, i.e., the study of final causes within Aristotelian tradition, I introduce powers. Moreover, I present some theses about their nature and features. Afterward,
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Synthese, 2016
In this paper I examine the connection between accounts of biological teleology and the biocentrist claim that all living beings have a good of their own. I first present the background for biocentrists’ appeal to biological teleology. Then I raise a problem of scope for teleology-based biocentrism and, drawing in part on recent work by Basl and ...
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In this paper I examine the connection between accounts of biological teleology and the biocentrist claim that all living beings have a good of their own. I first present the background for biocentrists’ appeal to biological teleology. Then I raise a problem of scope for teleology-based biocentrism and, drawing in part on recent work by Basl and ...
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Journal of the History of Biology, 1969
In trying to decide whether teleology in the sciences is good, bad, or indifferent, philosophers have tended to focus on three sorts of cases. They are exemplified in these paradigms: (1) The function of the heart is to pump blood. (Call this a functional ascription) (2) The goal of the rat is to reach food at the end of the maze ...
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In trying to decide whether teleology in the sciences is good, bad, or indifferent, philosophers have tended to focus on three sorts of cases. They are exemplified in these paradigms: (1) The function of the heart is to pump blood. (Call this a functional ascription) (2) The goal of the rat is to reach food at the end of the maze ...
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