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Functions and Constructions
Materna, Pavel
The contemporary notion of functions as mappings is explained and compared with the older notion where functions were conceived of as being prescriptions. The objective character of functions is defended. The notion of constructions, as defined in transparent intensional logic, is then explained; it is shown that constructions are no mappings, so that they could be rather compared with the older, prescriptional notion. Constructions can serve as explicans of the Fregean notion of sense.
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Functionalism in Sciences and Philosophy
Nosek, Jiří
A collection of papers presented at the interdisciplinary seminar Functionalism in Sciences and Philosophy, held in November 3-5, 1998 in Prague. The twenty-three papers by Czech scientists and philosophers deal with the nature and application of the term "function" in the humanities as well as in the natural sciences.
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