The teleological notion of ‘function’

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The Gene Ontology and the meaning of biological function (2017, unknown): “In biology, as explained by Millikan [3] and Neander [4], this is tantamount to asking the following: For which of its effects was it selected during evolution? One obvious advantage of the selected effect definition is that it explicitly incorporates evolutionary considerations, and demands that a ”
Developmental Continuity in Teleo-Functional Explanation: Reasoning about Nature Among Romanian Romani Adults (2008, background): “, self-serving functional explanations of biological properties) (see Wright, 1973; Neander, 1991).”
Symposium on S. Butterfill and I. Apperly, "How to Construct a Minimal Theory of Mind" (2013, background): “…construal of function, for an action to have the function of bringing about g would be for actions of this type to have brought about g in the past and for this action to occur in part because of this fact (see further Godfrey-Smith 1996; Millikan 1984; Neander 1991; Price 2001; Wright 1976).”
A Modern History Theory of Functions (1994, background): “13This suggestion is made cautiously-perhaps all these additional requirements are ill-advised (Neander 1991b p. 183).”
Ending the Rationality Wars: How to Make Disputes About Human Rationality Disappear (2002, unknown): “13 See, for example, Godfrey-Smith (1994), Neander (1991) and Plantinga (1993).”