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  • MF_COOM [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    I really think you're wrong, it can just mean "role" or "effect". Like wind's function in a turbine is to spin the blades, the function of the Bernoulli Principle in stream dynamics is to cause meandering, or the function of a cat's whisker is to detect objects in the dark.

    • a_blanqui_slate [none/use name, any]
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      1 year ago

      But the turbine and the stream dynamics model are designed systems, where in the case of capitalist hegemony system is purely emergent. Function absolutely has teleological implications. Here's an example but the but really I'm not seeing anything to say it's synonymous with 'effect'.

      It can be synonymous with role, but role also implies purpose.