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Ulrich Krohs

Ulrich Krohs teaches philosophy at the University of Hamburg and is a member at the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research in Altenberg, Austria.

Titles by This Editor

Functions in Biological and Artificial Worlds

Comparative Philosophical Perspectives
Edited by Ulrich Krohs and Peter Kroes

The notion of function is an integral part of thinking in both biology and technology. Biological organisms and technical artifacts are both ascribed functionality; yet the concept of function is notoriously obscure (with problematic issues regarding the normative and the descriptive nature of functions, for example) and demands philosophical clarification.