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work_s72ur7eedfg2vi6heq3jhzdxxa	PAUL E. GRIFFITHS	Functional Analysis and Proper Functions	1993	15	.pdf	application/pdf	7075	528	61	proper functions of a biological trait are the functions it is assigned in a Cumminsstyle functional explanation of the fitness of ancestors. proper function offered here differs from other etiological theories in two ways. 'proper functions' of biological items and human artifacts. allows me to extend my analysis to the proper functions of artifacts, and The overall capacity explained by functional analysis need not be one that The proper functions of a biological trait are the Cummins-functions of those traits relative to the overall capacity of the animal proper functions of traits are those effects for which they are adaptations. more formal analysis of 'direct' proper function given elsewhere ([Millikan has pointed out, a malfunctioning trait cannot perform its proper function. This account allows a trait to become a vestige relative to one function whilst It does not assign proper functions to artifact traits which The overall capacity to which the proper functions of artifacts 	./cache/work_s72ur7eedfg2vi6heq3jhzdxxa.pdf	./txt/work_s72ur7eedfg2vi6heq3jhzdxxa.txt