Keyword: control

Published open-access in Ratio. Abstract: This paper critically revises the organisational account of teleology, which argues that living systems are first and foremost oriented towards a goal: maintaining their own conditions of existence. It points out some limitations of this account, mainly in the capability to account for the richness and complexity of biological systems […]

Published by Leo Bich and Bill Bechtel in a fascinating volume edited by João L. Cordovil, Gil Santos, and Davide Vecchi, this paper offers new insights into the theoretical interrelations between biological mechanisms and biological organization. Like the rest of the book, it is open access and available here. Abstract: According to new mechanists, mechanisms […]