Gustavo Parisi wrote:
>> I'm looking for papers describing different definitions of function in
> biological systems.
> Any information would be of help.
> Thanks in advance,
>> Gustavo Parisi
> Unidad de Fisicoquimica
> Universidad Nacional de Quilmes
> Avenida Calchaqui Km. 23.500
> Ex Laboratorio YPF
> 1888 Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires
> Argentina
>> E-mail:gustavo at unq.edu.ar> Fax: ++ 54-1-255 7176
A good place to start is a compilation of essays on evolutionary
biology called:
Conceptual Issues in Evolutionary Biology
edited by Elliot Sober
This book has at least 2 or 3 essays on exactly this subject.
Cheers
Andrew J. Roger