Functions and mechanisms: a perspectivalist view

In Philippe Huneman (ed.), Functions: Selection and Mechanisms. Springer. pp. 133--158 (2013)
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Explaining the brain: mechanisms and the mosaic unity of neuroscience.Carl F. Craver - 2007 - New York : Oxford University Press,: Oxford University Press, Clarendon Press.

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