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Philosophy of biology

account on which a trait's function is its contribution to maintaining the self-maintaining organization of the system that contains it.

In philosophy of biology, organizational account of function refers to account on which a trait's function is its contribution to maintaining the self-maintaining organization of the system that contains it. This meaning comes from Mossio (2009) in The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science.[1]

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Mossio, M., Saborido, C., & Moreno, A. (2009). An Organizational Account of Biological Functions. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 60(4), 813-841. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjps/axp036

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