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Teleosemantics : new philosophical essays /

'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 a line-up of well-known contributors offers a summary of the current state of the teleosemantics debate.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Macdonald, Graham, Papineau, David, 1947-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press, 2006.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: prospects and problems for teleosemantics / Graham Macdonald, David Papineau
  • Language, modularity, and evolution / Kim Sterelny
  • Mental representation, naturalism, and teleosemantics / Peter Godfrey-Smith
  • Representation, teleosemantics, and the problem of self-knowledge / Fred Dretske
  • The epistemological objection to opaque teleological theories of content / Frank Jackson
  • Useless content / Ruth Millikan
  • On thinking of kinds: a neuroscientific perspective / Dan Ryder
  • Teleosemantics and the consumer / Mohan Matthen
  • Content for cognitive science / Karen Neander
  • Representation and unexploited content / Robert Cummins [and others]
  • Fearing fluffy: the content of an emotional appraisal / Carolyn Price.