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work_wifrg3qgpvemhnot4te6gqbd7e	Justin Garson	Against Organizational Functions	2017	13	.pdf	application/pdf	5384	492	62	biological functions, the organizational (or systems-theoretic) approach. function by virtue of the way it contributes to a complex, organized, system, and thereby New theories of function continue to abound. Here, I argue that we should reject the organizational theory of function. unifying idea: a trait token can acquire a function by virtue of the way it contributes to a Contributions to self-persistence, however, are not necessary for creating new functions. Some trait tokens, like bee stingers, have functions but do not contribute to their own The basic organizational theory holds, roughly, that trait T has function F either because the "organizational account" of functions (Mossio et al. One way a proponent of the organizational account might respond is to say that functions desideratum for a theory of function, one should reject McLaughlin's view. nomologically, impossible for components of panic disorder to have functions. "A generalized selected effects theory of function." Philosophy 	./cache/work_wifrg3qgpvemhnot4te6gqbd7e.pdf	./txt/work_wifrg3qgpvemhnot4te6gqbd7e.txt