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ISBN10: 0962533602, ISBN13: 9780962533600, [publisher: TOF Publications, Inc.] Softcover Buy with confidence! Book is in acceptable condition with wear to the pages, binding, and some marks within 0.92 [Amherst, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1990]
ISBN10: 0962533602, ISBN13: 9780962533600, [publisher: Brand: Ayn Rand Institute Press] Softcover What is the actual basis of terms such as "goal," "function," and "for the sake of"? Can these teleological concepts be validly applied to non-conscious biological processes such as the heartbeat, plant growth, and cellular metabolism? Does the behavior of any inanimate objects, natural or man-made, qualify as goal-directed? To resolve these issues, Harry Binswanger provides a unique approach combining factual and epistemological considerations. If human purposeful action is the paradigm case of goal-directed action, then regarding a non-purposeful process as goal-directed means taking it to be causally similar to purposeful action. Accordingly, to determine the proper extent of teleological concepts, Binswanger provides an analysis of purposeful action and a point-by-point comparison of the features of purposeful action to those of vegetative and inanimate processes. He concludes that natural selection, in adapting actions to ends with survival value, does make all living action qualify as goal-directed, and that no inanimate process qualifies. An appendix compares Binswanger's views with those of Larry Wright and Andrew Woodfield. [Houston, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1990]
ISBN10: 0962533602, ISBN13: 9780962533600, [publisher: TOF Publications, Inc.] Softcover Buy with confidence! Book is in good condition with minor wear to the pages, binding, and minor marks within 0.92 [Amherst, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1990]
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ISBN10: 0962533602, ISBN13: 9780962533600, [publisher: TOF Publications, Inc.] Softcover Book is in NEW condition. 0.92 [Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1990]
ISBN10: 0962533602, ISBN13: 9780962533600, [publisher: Brand: Ayn Rand Institute Press] Softcover What is the actual basis of terms such as "goal," "function," and "for the sake of"? Can these teleological concepts be validly applied to non-conscious biological processes such as the heartbeat, plant growth, and cellular metabolism? Does the behavior of any inanimate objects, natural or man-made, qualify as goal-directed? To resolve these issues, Harry Binswanger provides a unique approach combining factual and epistemological considerations. If human purposeful action is the paradigm case of goal-directed action, then regarding a non-purposeful process as goal-directed means taking it to be causally similar to purposeful action. Accordingly, to determine the proper extent of teleological concepts, Binswanger provides an analysis of purposeful action and a point-by-point comparison of the features of purposeful action to those of vegetative and inanimate processes. He concludes that natural selection, in adapting actions to ends with survival value, does make all living action qualify as goal-directed, and that no inanimate process qualifies. An appendix compares Binswanger's views with those of Larry Wright and Andrew Woodfield. [Houston, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1990]
Los Angeles: The Ayn Rand Institute Press. Very Good. Date: 1990. Softcover. 0962533602 . A softcover copy of author Harry Binswanger's examination of teleological concepts. This work is an edited version of the author's doctoral dissertation. Mr. Binswanger was a close associate of Ayn Rand. --- In simple grey wraps. A clean, bright, stable copy but binding is tending toward brittleness.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; (6), ii, 255 pages . 1990. The Ayn Rand Institute Press ISBN 0962533602 9780962533600 [US]
ISBN10: 0962533602, ISBN13: 9780962533600, [publisher: The Ayn Rand Institute Press, Los Angeles] Softcover A softcover copy of author Harry Binswanger's examination of teleological concepts. This work is an edited version of the author's doctoral dissertation. Mr. Binswanger was a close associate of Ayn Rand. --- In simple grey wraps. A clean, bright, stable copy but binding is tending toward brittleness.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; (6), ii, 255 pages [Littleton, CO, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1990]
TOF Publications, Inc 1990 Third Printing ed. paperback Good Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.
TOF Publications, Inc, Date: 1990-07-06. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1990. TOF Publications, Inc ISBN 0962533602 9780962533600 [US]
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