Functions

The Units of Life

Clarke, E. (2025) · doi:10.1093/9780191948008.001.0001 · Cited by 6

How to Make a Functionalist Argument

Araújo, A. C., & Ochoa, N. R. R. (2025) · Sociological Science · doi:10.15195/v12.a20 · Cited by 5

Reliabilism and its Rivals

Beddor, B. (2026) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781009645485 · Cited by 5

Artifact-Functions: A Capacity-Based Approach

Koslicki, K., & Massin, O. (2025) · Synthese Library/Synthese library · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-82221-6_3 · Cited by 5

Neuroscience and Normativity: How Knowledge of the Brain Offers a Deeper Understanding of Moral and Legal Responsibility

Hirstein, W. (2021) · Criminal Law and Philosophy · doi:10.1007/s11572-021-09600-w · Cited by 5

Aristotelian-Thomistic Contribution to the Contemporary Studies on Biological Life and Its Origin

Tabaczek, M. (2023) · Religions · doi:10.3390/rel14020214 · Cited by 5

Do ecosystems have functions?

Krohs, U., & Zimmer, M. (2023) · Ecology and Evolution · doi:10.1002/ece3.10458 · Cited by 5

Linguistic function and linguistic evolution

Broadwell, G. A. (1990) · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · doi:10.1017/s0140525x00081085 · Cited by 5

Focussing Philosophy of Engineering: Analyses of Technical Functions and Beyond

Vermaas, P. E. (2009) · Philosophy of engineering and technology · doi:10.1007/978-90-481-2804-4_6 · Cited by 5

Against Sex and Gender Dualism in Gender-Specific Medicine

Amoretti, M. C., & Vassallo, N. (2015) · European studies in philosophy of science · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-23015-3_27 · Cited by 5

Materialism Does Not Save the Phenomena—and the Alternative Which Does

Meixner, U. (2010) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199556182.003.0021 · Cited by 5

What to Do about Artificial Consciousness

Basl, J. (2014) · Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks · doi:10.1057/9781137349088_25 · Cited by 5

Natural, Artifactual, and Moral Goodness

Crane, J. K., & Sandler, R. L. (2017) · The Journal of Ethics · doi:10.1007/s10892-017-9249-x · Cited by 5

Disentangling organic and technological progress: An epistemological clarification introducing a key distinction between two levels of axiology

Cesare, S. D. (2018) · Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences · doi:10.1016/j.shpsc.2018.10.011 · Cited by 5

Aristotle on the Matter for Birth, Life, and the Elements

Ebrey, D. (2020) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316136096.005 · Cited by 5

Systemic Analysis and Functional Explanation: Structure and Limitations

Olmos, A. S., Roffé, A. J., & Ginnobili, S. (2020) · History, philosophy and theory of the life sciences · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-39589-6_11 · Cited by 5

Teleosemantics and the Epiphenomenality of Content

Saidel, E. (2001) · Canadian Journal of Philosophy Supplementary Volume · doi:10.1080/00455091.2001.10716000 · Cited by 5

Hegel's Organizational Account of Biological Functions

Maraguat, E. (2020) · Hegel Bulletin · doi:10.1017/hgl.2020.17 · Cited by 5

The Function Debate and the Concept of Mental Disorder

Demazeux, S. (2014) · History, philosophy and theory of the life sciences · doi:10.1007/978-94-017-8887-8_4 · Cited by 5

Against Emotional Modularity

de Sousa, R. (2006) · Canadian Journal of Philosophy Supplementary Volume · doi:10.1353/cjp.2007.0034 · Cited by 5

The Psychic Apparatus, Metapsychology, and Neuroscience: Toward Biological (Neuro)Psychoanalysis

Talvitie, V., & Ihanus, J. (2006) · Neuropsychoanalysis · doi:10.1080/15294145.2006.10773515 · Cited by 5

Soul, Mind, and Brain

Leftow, B. (2010) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199556182.003.0020 · Cited by 5

The Self‐Consciousness Argument: Functionalism and the Corruption of Content

Bealer, G. (2010) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199556182.003.0006 · Cited by 5

From Craft to Nature: The Emergence of Natural Teleology

Johansen, T. (2020) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316136096.006 · Cited by 5

Towards a pluralistic concept of function function statements in biology

Pranger, R. (1990) · Acta Biotheoretica · doi:10.1007/bf00047273 · Cited by 5

Biological Function and Dysfunction: Conceptual Foundations of Evolutionary Psychopathology

Wakefield, J. C. (2015) · doi:10.1002/9781119125563.evpsych242 · Cited by 5

The evolutionary functions of consciousness

Fitch, W. T., Allen, C., & Roskies, A. L. (2025) · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · doi:10.1098/rstb.2024.0299 · Cited by 7

Tacit Creationism Encourages Oversimplified Views of Functions and Dysfunctions

Stein, D. J., & Nesse, R. M. (2025) · European Journal of Neuroscience · doi:10.1111/ejn.70028 · Cited by 4

The Structure of the Open Society

Hindriks, F. (2025) · doi:10.1093/9780197815182.001.0001 · Cited by 4

Biological Teleology, Reductionism, and Verbal Disputes

Boucher, S. C. (2021) · Foundations of Science · doi:10.1007/s10699-020-09728-3 · Cited by 4

Seeing with color: Psychophysics and the function of color vision

Rosenqvist, T. C. (2023) · Synthese · doi:10.1007/s11229-023-04226-y · Cited by 4

Biosemiotics, code biology, and operational interpretation

Zhou, L. (2025) · Chinese Semiotic Studies · doi:10.1515/css-2025-2003 · Cited by 4

Forward-Looking Concept Functions and the Function/Accident Distinction

Zuber, A. (2025) · Erkenntnis: An International Journal of Scientific Philosophy · doi:10.1007/s10670-025-00957-1 · Cited by 4

Creating parts that allow for rational design: Synthetic biology and the problem of context-sensitivity

Güttinger, S. (2013) · Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences · doi:10.1016/j.shpsc.2013.03.015 · Cited by 4

On illness, disease, and priority: a framework for more fruitful debates

Bueter, A. (2019) · Medicine Health Care and Philosophy · doi:10.1007/s11019-019-09886-7 · Cited by 4

Normative disagreement: a functional account for inferentialists

Köhler, S. (2020) · Philosophical Studies · doi:10.1007/s11098-020-01448-5 · Cited by 4

Artificial life and ‘nature’s purposes’: The question of behavioral autonomy

Popa, E. (2019) · Human Affairs · doi:10.1515/humaff-2020-0052 · Cited by 3

Functionalism

Gulick, R. V. (2009) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199262618.003.0008 · Cited by 4

Design Explanation and Idealization

van Eck, D., & Mennes, J. (2015) · Erkenntnis · doi:10.1007/s10670-015-9782-6 · Cited by 4

Proper environment and the SEP account of biological function

Bertrand, M. (2011) · Synthese · doi:10.1007/s11229-011-9889-5 · Cited by 4

Non‐Accidental Knowing

Paterson, N. J. (2020) · The Southern Journal of Philosophy · doi:10.1111/sjp.12366 · Cited by 4

A Decade of Teleofunctionalism: Lycan's Consciousness and Consciousness and Experience

Polger, T. W., & Flanagan, O. (2001) · Minds and Machines · doi:10.1023/a:1011276727406 · Cited by 4

O conceito de função na ecologia contemporânea

Nunes-Neto, N., do Carmo, R. S., & El-Hani, C. N. (2013) · Revista de Filosofia Aurora · doi:10.7213/revistadefilosofiaaurora.7765 · Cited by 4

Psychoanalysis as functionalist social science: the legacy of Freud’s ‘Project for a scientific psychology’

Braddock, L. (2006) · Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences · doi:10.1016/j.shpsc.2006.06.012 · Cited by 4

On Several Misuses of Sober’s Selection for/Selection of Distinction

Artiga, M. (2011) · Topoi · doi:10.1007/s11245-011-9113-8 · Cited by 4

Symmetry between the intentionality of minds and machines? The biological plausibility of Dennett’s account

Nánay, B. (2006) · Minds and Machines · doi:10.1007/s11023-006-9013-7 · Cited by 4

Stratification in perception and action

de Jong, H. L., & Sanders, A. F. (1990) · Psychological Research · doi:10.1007/bf00877530 · Cited by 4

Adaptation of Perceptual and Semantic Features

Rogosky, B. J., & Goldstone, R. L. (2004) · doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199264339.003.0017 · Cited by 4

The vaccinologist’s “dirty little secret”: a better understanding of structure-function relationships of viral immunogens might advance rational HIV vaccine design

Greslehner, G. P. (2021) · Archives of Virology · doi:10.1007/s00705-021-04982-7 · Cited by 4

Function

de Ricqlès, A. J., & Gayon, J. (2014) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-94-017-9014-7_6 · Cited by 4

Function and Teleology

Buller, D. J. (2001) · Encyclopedia of Life Sciences · doi:10.1038/npg.els.0003454 · Cited by 4

Ascribing Functions to Archaeological Objects

Salmon, M. H. (1981) · Philosophy of the Social Sciences · doi:10.1177/004839318101100103 · Cited by 4

Philosophy of Mind

Lycan, W. G. (2002) · doi:10.1002/9780470996362.ch7 · Cited by 4

Biology and Medical Theory

Takács, P. (2025) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781009768047 · Cited by 3

In Defence of the Agent and Patient Distinction: The Case from Molecular Biology and Chemistry

Kuykendall, D. (2021) · The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science · doi:10.1086/715470 · Cited by 3

Rethinking Functionalist Accounts of Blame

Wang, S. T. (2023) · Journal of Ethics · doi:10.1007/s10892-023-09468-z · Cited by 2

How Does Human Agency Actually Work? On Bratman's ‘Core Capacity Thesis’ and the Relation between Philosophy of Action and the Empirical Sciences

Phillips, J., & Plunkett, D. (2024) · Journal of Applied Philosophy · doi:10.1111/japp.12710 · Cited by 3

Functionalism in ecology and economics: Epistemological affinities and temptations

Lantremange, H. (2024) · Biological Conservation · doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110762 · Cited by 3

WELFARE, HEALTH, AND THE MORAL CONSIDERABILITY OF NONSENTIENT BIOLOGICAL ENTITIES

Dussault, A. C. (2018) · Les ateliers de l éthique · doi:10.7202/1055124ar · Cited by 3

Astronomy in Its Contexts

Taub, L. (2020) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316136096.011 · Cited by 3

Mechanistic Explanations and Teleological Functions

Rubner, A. (2023) · British Journal for the Philosophy of Science · doi:10.1086/725653 · Cited by 3

Populations of Neurons and Rocks? Against a Generalization of the Selected Effects Theory of Functions

Roloff, J. (2023) · KRITERION – Journal of Philosophy · doi:10.1515/krt-2023-0011 · Cited by 2

Minimal logical teleology in artifacts and biology connects the two domains and frames mechanisms via epistemic circularity

Pérez‐Escobar, J. A. (2024) · Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A · doi:10.1016/j.shpsa.2024.02.001 · Cited by 4

Against Musical Ontology

Ridley, A. J. (2024) · doi:10.1093/9780191938337.003.0003 · Cited by 3

Mind and Function in Animal Communication

Radner, D. (1999) · Erkenntnis · doi:10.1023/a:1005553610651 · Cited by 3

Can functionality in evolving networks be explained reductively?

Krohs, U. (2015) · Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences · doi:10.1016/j.shpsc.2015.03.009 · Cited by 3

Where to Look for Emergent Properties

Vicente, A. (2013) · International Studies in the Philosophy of Science · doi:10.1080/02698595.2013.813256 · Cited by 3

The Contribution of Domain Specificity in the Highly Modular Mind

Aspeitia, A. A. B., Eraña, Á., & Stainton, R. J. (2010) · Minds and Machines · doi:10.1007/s11023-010-9183-1 · Cited by 3

Response to critics

Lyons, J. (2010) · Philosophical Studies · doi:10.1007/s11098-010-9605-1 · Cited by 3

Teleosemantics: Etiological Foundations

Häggqvist, S. (2013) · Philosophy Compass · doi:10.1111/j.1747-9991.2012.00532.x · Cited by 3

Functions as Epistemic Highlighters: An Engineering Account of Technical, Biological and Other Functions

Vermaas, P. E., & Houkes, W. (2013) · Synthese Library/Synthese library · doi:10.1007/978-94-007-5304-4_11 · Cited by 3

Grammar yes, generative grammar no

Tomasello, M. (1990) · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · doi:10.1017/s0140525x00081334 · Cited by 4

The Bicycle Pedal is in Front of the Table. Why some Objects do not Fit into some Spatial Relations

de Vega, M., & López, M. J. R. (2004) · doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199264339.003.0003 · Cited by 3

Against Methodological Materialism

Menuge, A. J. L. (2010) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199556182.003.0019 · Cited by 3

All the Monkeys Aren't in the Zoo: Evolutionary Ethics and the Possibility of Moral Knowledge

Stingl, M. (2000) · Canadian Journal of Philosophy Supplementary Volume · doi:10.1080/00455091.2000.10717554 · Cited by 3

Two-Variable and Three-Variable Functional Explanations

Halfpenny, P. (1981) · Philosophy of the Social Sciences · doi:10.1177/004839318101100104 · Cited by 3

Out of Order: Function and Malfunction in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Sarto‐Jackson, I. (2018) · Biological Theory · doi:10.1007/s13752-018-0293-y · Cited by 3

Reason, Experience, and Art: TheGorgiasandOn Ancient Medicine

Allen, J. (2020) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316136096.003 · Cited by 3

Affording Affordance Moral Realism

Rottschaefer, W. A. (2020) · Biological Theory · doi:10.1007/s13752-020-00361-8 · Cited by 3

What Are Mental Disorders?

Garson, J. (2019) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781108560764.012 · Cited by 3

Meteorology

Johnson, M. R. (2020) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781316136096.009 · Cited by 3

Form and Function

Tversky, B. (2004) · doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199264339.003.0021 · Cited by 3

Issues in the evolution of the human language faculty

Pinker, S. A., & Bloom, P. (1990) · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · doi:10.1017/s0140525x00081383 · Cited by 3

Lessons from the study of speech perception

Kluender, K. R. (1990) · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · doi:10.1017/s0140525x00081176 · Cited by 3

Functionalism vs. formalism

Nuyts, J. (1995) · John Benjamins Publishing Company eBooks · doi:10.1075/hop.m.fun2 · Cited by 3

The function argument for ascribing interests

Moosavi, P. (2024) · Synthese · doi:10.1007/s11229-024-04592-1 · Cited by 1

Has the world gone botshit crazy? A response to the Frankfurtian critique of ChatGPT in higher education

Routledge, A. J. (2025) · Ethics and Information Technology · doi:10.1007/s10676-025-09869-8 · Cited by 2

Knowledge and Conceptual Engineering

Simion, M., & Kelp, C. (2026) · doi:10.1093/9780198918059.001.0001 · Cited by 2

Environmental Harm: A Fitting Attitude Account

Shockley, K. (2026) · The Monist · doi:10.1093/monist/onag002 · Cited by 2

Artefactos y entidades naturales modificadas por medio de la biotecnología

Márquez, M. M. C. (2020) · trilogía Ciencia Tecnología Sociedad · doi:10.22430/21457778.1242 · Cited by 2

Life’s organization between matter and form: Neo-Aristotelian approaches and biosemiotics

Karaca, Ç. (2021) · History & Philosophy of the Life Sciences · doi:10.1007/s40656-021-00412-8 · Cited by 2

A moral critique of psychological debunking

Smyth, N. (2021) · Journal of Social Philosophy · doi:10.1111/josp.12402 · Cited by 2

On Ernest Nagel on Teleology in Biology

Chen, B. (2021) · Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-81010-8_10 · Cited by 2

Functions in Chemistry

Dupin, A. (2023) · History, philosophy and theory of the life sciences · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-31271-7_17 · Cited by 2

The Function of Scientific Concepts

Cheon, H. (2023) · Foundations of Science · doi:10.1007/s10699-023-09929-6 · Cited by 2

Frogs recognize prey: a causal-behavioral teleosemantics

Withrington, E. (2024) · Biology & Philosophy · doi:10.1007/s10539-024-09967-9 · Cited by 2

Artworks, Functions, and Pluralism About ‘Artifact’

Güngör, A. (2024) · Erkenntnis · doi:10.1007/s10670-024-00889-2 · Cited by 2

Conceptual engineering: Conceptual innovation via conceptual refinement

Bueno, O. (2025) · Metaphilosophy · doi:10.1111/meta.70002 · Cited by 2

The Aim of Practical Reasoning

Silverstein, M. (2025) · Ethics · doi:10.1086/736747 · Cited by 2

The Moving Cause of Artefacts: the role oftechnein metaphysical explanation

Cameron, M. (2019) · Ancient Philosophy Today · doi:10.3366/anph.2019.0005 · Cited by 2

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)