Teleosemantics

Teleosemantics

Teleosemantics

Teleosemantics

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Overview

Teleosemantics seeks to explain meaning and other intentional phenomena in terms of their function in the life of the species. This volume of new essays from an impressive line-up of well-known contributors offers a valuable summary of the current state of the teleosemantics debate.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780191515057
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 09/28/2006
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 600 KB

Table of Contents

1. Teleosemantics: The Programme, Prospects, and Problems, Graham Macdonald and David Papineau2. Language, Modularity, and Evolution, Kim Sterelny3. Mental Representation, Naturalism, and Teleosemantics, Peter Godfrey-Smith4. Representation, Teleosemantics, and the Problem of Self-Knowledge, Fred Dretske5. The Epistemological Objection to Opaque Teleological Theories of Content, Frank Jackson6. Useless Content, Ruth Millikan7. On Thinking of Kinds: A Neuroscientific Perspective, Dan Ryder8. Teleosemantics and the Consumer, Mohan Matthen9. . Content for Cognitive Science, Karen Neander10. Representation and Unexploited Content, Robert Cummins, Jim Blackmon, David Byrd, Alexa Lee, and Martin Roth11. Fearing Fluffy: The Content of an Emotional Appraisal, Carolyn Price
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