What is a Hand? What is a Mind?

Revue Internationale de Philosophie (214):653-672 (2000)
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Argues that biological organs, including mental capacities, should be identified by homology (not function).

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Function, homology and character individuation.Paul E. Griffiths - 2006 - Philosophy of Science 73 (1):1-25.
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