Larry Wright
Biographic Data
| ID | 3874300 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Larry Wright |
| GIVEN NAMES | Larry |
| FAMILY NAME | Wright |
| SIGNATURE | WRIGHT L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Riverside |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2127-7394 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 131 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1968 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Even cowboys sing the blues: Difficulties experienced by men trying to adopt nontraditional sex roles and how clinicians can be helpful to them
Teleological Explanations
Teleological Explanations
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access Teleological Explanations. By Larry Wright. (Berkeley: U. of California P., 1976. Pp. x + 154. Price £7.00) Andrew Woodfield Andrew Woodfield Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 28, Issue 110, January 1978, Pages 86–88, https://doi.org/10.2307/2219054 Published: 01 January 1978
Divided Allegiance: Men, Work, and Family Life
Rejoinder to Utz
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Four Approaches to Family Facilitation: Some Issues and Implications
Teleological Explanations: An Etiological Analysis of Goals and Functions
Mechanisms and Purposive Behavior III
It is commonly thought that the dispositional view of purposiveness is itself incompatible with the programmatic claims of neurophysiologists. In this paper, various versions of four arguments for this incompatibility are examined, and rejected as unsound. Central to the argument is a rough sketch of a “mechanistic” position which seems clearly compatible with a dispositional view of purposiveness
The astronomy of Eudoxus: Geometry or physics
Functions
A Comment on Ruse's Analysis of Function Statements
Michael Ruse has offered an interesting and insightful analysis of function statements in biology. The analysis he gives of statements of the form ‘The function of x in z is to do y ‘ is : (i) z does y by using x. (ii) y is an adaptation ([4], p. 91). The first thing to notice about this formulation is the peculiarity of step (ii). There are many cases in which we would naturally say that x was the adaptation, instead of y ; or perhaps we might s…
Explanation and Teleology
This paper develops and draws the consequences of an etiological analysis of goal-directedness modeled on one that functions centrally in Charles Taylor's work on action. The author first presents, criticizes, and modifies Taylor's formulation, and then shows his modified formulation accounts easily for much of the fine-structure of teleological concepts and conceptualizations. Throughout, the author is at pains to show that teleological explanat…
The Case Against Teleological Reductionism
Functions
Explanation and Teleology
This paper develops and draws the consequences of an etiological analysis of goal-directedness modeled on one that functions centrally in Charles Taylor's work on action. The author first presents, criticizes, and modifies Taylor's formulation, and then shows his modified formulation accounts easily for much of the fine-structure of teleological concepts and conceptualizations. Throughout, the author is at pains to show that teleological explanat…
The astronomy of Eudoxus: Geometry or physics
Even cowboys sing the blues: Difficulties experienced by men trying to adopt nontraditional sex roles and how clinicians can be helpful to them
The Case Against Teleological Reductionism
Divided Allegiance: Men, Work, and Family Life
Four Approaches to Family Facilitation: Some Issues and Implications
Mechanisms and Purposive Behavior III
It is commonly thought that the dispositional view of purposiveness is itself incompatible with the programmatic claims of neurophysiologists. In this paper, various versions of four arguments for this incompatibility are examined, and rejected as unsound. Central to the argument is a rough sketch of a “mechanistic” position which seems clearly compatible with a dispositional view of purposiveness
The Case Against Teleological Reductionism
A Comment on Ruse's Analysis of Function Statements
Michael Ruse has offered an interesting and insightful analysis of function statements in biology. The analysis he gives of statements of the form ‘The function of x in z is to do y ‘ is : (i) z does y by using x. (ii) y is an adaptation ([4], p. 91). The first thing to notice about this formulation is the peculiarity of step (ii). There are many cases in which we would naturally say that x was the adaptation, instead of y ; or perhaps we might s…
Explanation and Teleology
This paper develops and draws the consequences of an etiological analysis of goal-directedness modeled on one that functions centrally in Charles Taylor's work on action. The author first presents, criticizes, and modifies Taylor's formulation, and then shows his modified formulation accounts easily for much of the fine-structure of teleological concepts and conceptualizations. Throughout, the author is at pains to show that teleological explanat…
The astronomy of Eudoxus: Geometry or physics
Functions
Mechanisms and Purposive Behavior III
It is commonly thought that the dispositional view of purposiveness is itself incompatible with the programmatic claims of neurophysiologists. In this paper, various versions of four arguments for this incompatibility are examined, and rejected as unsound. Central to the argument is a rough sketch of a “mechanistic” position which seems clearly compatible with a dispositional view of purposiveness
Teleological Explanations: An Etiological Analysis of Goals and Functions
Rejoinder to Utz
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Four Approaches to Family Facilitation: Some Issues and Implications
Teleological Explanations
Teleological Explanations
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access Teleological Explanations. By Larry Wright. (Berkeley: U. of California P., 1976. Pp. x + 154. Price £7.00) Andrew Woodfield Andrew Woodfield Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 28, Issue 110, January 1978, Pages 86–88, https://doi.org/10.2307/2219054 Published: 01 January 1978
Divided Allegiance: Men, Work, and Family Life
Even cowboys sing the blues: Difficulties experienced by men trying to adopt nontraditional sex roles and how clinicians can be helpful to them
Philosophy (9 works) · Epistemology (8 works) · Philosophy and History of Science (5 works) · Teleology (5 works) · Philosophy and Theoretical Science (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Art history (2 works) · Chemistry (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works)