A Taxonomy of Functions

By D. Walsh, André Ariew. 1996

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• Etiological Theories of Function: A Geographical Survey (1998, background): “Thus, in virtue of defining the function of a trait as the effect that the trait was selected for producing in ancestral organisms, even the strong theory must invoke Cummins’ theory in order to identify the selected-for effect (see Walsh & Ariew 1996: pp. 508–509, for a similar argument).”