Organism and artifact: Proper functions in Paley organisms.

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• Publication year

  2013

• Venue

  Studies in history and philosophy of biological and biomedical sciences

• Publication date

  2013-12-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Philosophy

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  DOI 10.1016/j.shpsc.2013.05.018PMID 23792090
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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