Functional explanation and the problem of functional equivalence.

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Studies in history and philosophy of biological and biomedical sciences

• Publication date

  2017-10-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Philosophy

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  DOI 10.1016/j.shpsc.2017.06.010PMID 28697392
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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