Functions

A Critique of Current Philosophy of Biology

Chen, B. (2024) · History, philosophy and theory of the life sciences · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-70690-5_11

Form and Information in Biology—An Evolutionary Perspective

Bermek, E. (2024) · Foundations of Science · doi:10.1007/s10699-024-09964-x

Function, Explanation, and Other Biological Concerns

Matthewson, J., & Lean, C. (2022) · Australasian Philosophical Review · doi:10.1080/24740500.2024.2370621

La naturaleza de las funciones propias en los productos de la biología sintética

Goldraij, A. (2024) · ArtefaCToS Revista de estudios sobre la ciencia y la tecnología · doi:10.14201/art2024.32057

On the Boundaries Between Classical Demarcations and Transdiagnostic Approaches to Psychopathology: The Case of Meaning in Life and the Lack Thereof

Pérez‐Escobar, J. A. (2024) · Interdisciplinary evolution research · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-70847-3_9

A Case for Epistemology- and Context-Driven Accounts of Cognitive and Biological Functions

Morrow, K. H., & Springle, A. A. (2024) · Interdisciplinary evolution research · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-70847-3_2

What Is Counterproductive About Angry Blame?

Wang, S. T. (2024) · Philosophers Imprint · doi:10.3998/phimp.5808

No Function without Service: Selected Effects Functions, the Liberality Problem, and Whole Organisms

Dussault, A. C. (2025) · British Journal for the Philosophy of Science · doi:10.1086/735278

The phenomenal evidence argument

Graham, P. J., & Pedersen, N. J. L. L. (2025) · Synthese · doi:10.1007/s11229-024-04856-w

Modularity in biological thought: Sketch of a unifying theoretical framework

Rivelli, L. (2025) · Biosystems · doi:10.1016/j.biosystems.2025.105430 · Cited by 2

Function and Medicine’s Hybrid Concepts

Karhausen, L. (2025) · Philosophy and medicine · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-81257-6_6

Externalist Individualism: A New Ontological Approach of Diseases

Hatef, M. M. (2025) · Canadian Journal of Bioethics · doi:10.7202/1117868ar

Appendix: Claims

Clarke, E. (2025) · doi:10.1093/9780191948008.005.0001

Figures

Clarke, E. (2025) · doi:10.1093/9780191948008.002.0005

Preface

Clarke, E. (2025) · doi:10.1093/9780191948008.002.0004

Evolutionary Individuals

Clarke, E. (2025) · doi:10.1093/9780191948008.003.0005

Extensions

Clarke, E. (2025) · doi:10.1093/9780191948008.003.0010

What Is the Problem?

Clarke, E. (2025) · doi:10.1093/9780191948008.003.0002

Other Kinds of Biological Individual

Clarke, E. (2025) · doi:10.1093/9780191948008.003.0007

Conclusions

Clarke, E. (2025) · doi:10.1093/9780191948008.003.0011

Tables

Clarke, E. (2025) · doi:10.1093/9780191948008.002.0006

Biological Identity and Other Metaphysical Issues

Clarke, E. (2025) · doi:10.1093/9780191948008.003.0009

Individuals in Transition

Clarke, E. (2025) · doi:10.1093/9780191948008.003.0006

Setting the Stage

Clarke, E. (2025) · doi:10.1093/9780191948008.003.0003

Artificial and Natural Functions: A Pragmatic Taxonomy

Hurshman, C. E. (2025) · Philosophy of engineering and technology · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-83549-0_18

Functional Integration in Life Sciences and Philosophy of Biology

Militello, G. (2025) · History, philosophy and theory of the life sciences · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-94744-5_1

Biological functions, generics, and explanation

Marré, T. (2025) · Synthese · doi:10.1007/s11229-025-05126-z

Individuation, Adaptability and Cognition in Biological Systems: A Philosophical Modeling

Boisseau, A., & Miquel, P.-A. (2025) · Yearbook for Philosophy of Complex Systems · doi:10.3790/pcs.2025.14601902

Regret, learning, and temptation

Goh, R. Z. (2025) · Philosophy and Phenomenological Research · doi:10.1111/phpr.70054

Moral responsibility: from function to fittingness?

Todd, P. (2025) · Inquiry · doi:10.1080/0020174x.2025.2560927

Unpacking conceptual function as tool function

Kazankov, D. (2025) · Synthese · doi:10.1007/s11229-025-05263-5

Collective Agents

Hindriks, F. (2025) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/9780197815182.003.0006 · Cited by 1

Corporate Responsibilities and Rights

Hindriks, F. (2025) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/9780197815182.003.0007

Preface

Hindriks, F. (2025) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/9780197815182.002.0004

Glossary

Hindriks, F. (2025) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/9780197815182.002.0005

Conclusion

Hindriks, F. (2025) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/9780197815182.003.0008

Collective Responsibility for Just Institutions

Hindriks, F. (2025) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/9780197815182.003.0005

Social Practices

Hindriks, F. (2025) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/9780197815182.003.0002

Introduction

Hindriks, F. (2025) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/9780197815182.003.0001

Individual Autonomy, Identity, and Group Rights

Hindriks, F. (2025) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/9780197815182.003.0003

Social Institutions

Hindriks, F. (2025) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/9780197815182.003.0004

Teleological Properties of Operant Behavior

Lazzeri, F., & Zilio, D. (2025) · Perspectives on Behavior Science · doi:10.1007/s40614-025-00481-1

Organicisme, sémiotique, et pseudogènes

Pertusati, E. (2025) · doi:10.57088/978-3-7329-8750-4_14

Discovery: Solving Biological Problems

Weber, M. (2004) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/cbo9780511498596.004

Representation, Meaning, and C-Synonymy

Simpson, M. (2024) · Teorema: Revista internacional de filosofía · doi:10.30827/trif.32780

Functionalism and Structuralism

Boucher, S. C. (2025) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-032-00555-7_8

Biological Teleology

Boucher, S. C. (2025) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-032-00555-7_6

Conclusion

Simion, M., & Kelp, C. (2026) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/9780198918059.003.0013

Expressive Power, Hermeneutical Injustice, and Conceptual Access

Simion, M., & Kelp, C. (2026) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/9780198918059.003.0011

Expressive Power and Duties of Meaning Production

Simion, M., & Kelp, C. (2026) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/9780198918059.003.0008

Normative Restrictions on Conceptual Engineering

Simion, M., & Kelp, C. (2026) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/9780198918059.003.0006

The Case Against Conceptual Engineering

Simion, M., & Kelp, C. (2026) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/9780198918059.003.0003

Engineering Social Kind Concepts

Simion, M., & Kelp, C. (2026) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/9780198918059.003.0010

Conceptual Engineering

Simion, M., & Kelp, C. (2026) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/9780198918059.003.0002

Conceptual Ignorance

Simion, M., & Kelp, C. (2026) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/9780198918059.003.0007

On Conceptual Disinformation

Simion, M., & Kelp, C. (2026) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/9780198918059.003.0012

Conceptual Innovation

Simion, M., & Kelp, C. (2026) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/9780198918059.003.0004

Introduction

Simion, M., & Kelp, C. (2026) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/9780198918059.002.0005

Moving past ahistorical theories of function and malfunctioning

Hundertmark, F., & Turner, J. (2026) · Biology & Philosophy · doi:10.1007/s10539-026-10010-2 · Cited by 1

Elevating Functional Discovery into Normative Commitment: A Rigid Designation Model for Message-Constituted Systems

Alzahrzni, S. (2026) · Al-Qurtas · doi:10.66045/546700212300

Métaphysiques & sciences

Huneman, P. (2026) · Sciences & philosophie · doi:10.3917/edmat.papal.2026.01.0551

Needs of the mind: how aptic normativity can guide conceptual adaptation

Queloz, M. (2026) · Philosophical Studies · doi:10.1007/s11098-026-02511-3

La relation symbiotique

Debbabi, S. H. (2018) · theses.fr (ABES) · doi:10.70675/a9e8c6faze8d0z44d4zb97dzcacb09c83ffd

Dynamiques d'innovation technique et d'intégration socio-économique. : le cas de l'éolienne en Allemagne, au Danemark et en France.

Bruyerre, P. (2017) · doi:10.70675/2d4a0e5bzc56fz4ee5zbd36z23ee9d206872

Fonction et physiologie : la notion de fonction dans la physiologie contemporaine

Roux, É. (2021) · doi:10.70675/a71c153dz2684z433fz9b95z7a42c3c40a3f · Cited by 1

Art as Structural Surplus: Toward a Relational Ontology Beyond Human AuthorshipPreprint

Esteban, J. A. (2026) · SSRN Electronic Journal · doi:10.2139/ssrn.6764018

Conclusions

Oleksowicz, M. (2026) · Synthese Library/Synthese library · doi:10.1007/978-3-032-19252-3_11

Toward a Realizable-Centered Approach to Artifacts in Applied Ontology

Toyoshima, F., Barton, A., & Koslicki, K. (2026) · Applied Ontology · doi:10.1177/15705838261447740

Is teleology inevitable in Biology?

Casellas-Cruzado, J. C. (2019) · [in]genio revista de investigación y labor creativa · doi:10.54114/ingeniosv5i2.42990

A Simple Theory of InnovationPreprint

Nightingale, P. (2026) · SSRN Electronic Journal · doi:10.2139/ssrn.6956775

Philosophy of Biology in an Interdisciplinary Key

Love, A. C. (2026) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-032-26977-5_11

Functions of consciousness: Proprioception and mental imagery

Shepherd, J. (2026) · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · doi:10.1017/s0140525x25102884

Relational Normativity: A Fragility-Based Account of Biological Functions

Li, J.-H. (2026) · International Journal of Philosophy · doi:10.11648/j.ijp.20261402.15

Human Nature and Human Progress

Mameli, M. (2026) · Jus Cogens · doi:10.1007/s42439-026-00124-2

From junk to function — How weak selection in eukaryotes builds new parts and drives genomic complexity

Palazzo, A. F., & Qiu, Y. (2026) · FEBS Letters · doi:10.1002/1873-3468.70455

Originality in art and other artifacts: an etiological-ecological approach

Eaton, A. W. (2026) · Synthese · doi:10.1007/s11229-026-05702-x

Un bien au-delà de la sentience ? Examen de la conception téléo-sélectionniste du bien propre défendue en éthique de l’environnement

Dussault, A. C. (2026) · Dialogue · doi:10.1017/s0012217326101127

The Compound Relational Structure of Moral Claim-Rights

May, S. C. (2026) · Canadian Journal of Philosophy · doi:10.1017/can.2026.10105

Treating Consciousness as Evolutionary Novelty to Solve the Gradualist Difficulty

Wang, J., & Zeng, Y. (2026) · IFIP advances in information and communication technology · doi:10.1007/978-3-032-37199-7_18

Proper Functions as Selected Effect Functions of Fixed Traits

Ren, T. (2026) · Philosophy of Science · doi:10.1017/psa.2026.10281

A model for “AI”-relevant vulnerability

Conradie, N. H., & Ohlhorst, J. (2026) · Asian Journal of Philosophy · doi:10.1007/s44204-026-00456-2

Teleosemantics and Ethology

Withrington, E. (2026) · Philosophia · doi:10.1007/s11406-026-01066-1

Attentional landscaping

Watzl, S. (2026) · Synthese · doi:10.1007/s11229-026-05836-y

DETERMINING QUALITY REQUIREMENTS AT THE UNIVERSITIES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION

Mustafa, N. H., Kelesbayev, D., & Alibekova, Z. D. (2018) · The Journal of Economic Research & Business Administration · doi:10.26577/be-2018-2-2141

Susquehanna Chorale Spring Concert "Roots and Wings"

Hawkins, D. (2017)

A EXISTÊNCIA DE DEUS NECESSITA SER DEMONSTRADA? DEUS, FÉ E RAZÃO NO PENSAMENTO DE KIERKEGAARD

de Sousa, D. S. (2014) · Síntese Revista de Filosofia · doi:10.20911/21769389v40n128p383-405/2013

OS LIMITES DA PALAVRA: PARMÊNIDES E O INDIZÍVEL

Galgano, N. S. (2018) · Revista Ética e Filosofia Política · doi:10.34019/2448-2137.2016.17621

O conceito de cristianismo na filosofia de Søren Kierkegaard

de Andrade, N. C. R. (2012) · Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT)