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9780199270279

Teleosemantics

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    9780199270279

  • ISBN10:

    0199270279

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2006-11-23
  • Publisher: Clarendon Press

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Summary

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.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors
vii
Introduction: Prospects and Problems for Teleosemantics 1(22)
Graham Macdonald
David Papineau
Language, Modularity, and Evolution
23(19)
Kim Sterelny
Mental Representation, Naturalism, and Teleosemantics
42(27)
Peter Godfrey-Smith
Representation, Teleosemantics, and the Problem of Self-Knowledge
69(16)
Fred Dretske
The Epistemological Objection to Opaque Teleological Theories of Content
85(15)
Frank Jackson
Useless Content
100(15)
Ruth Millikan
On Thinking of Kinds: A Neuroscientific Perspective
115(31)
Dan Ryder
Teleosemantics and the Consumer
146(21)
Mohan Matthen
Content for Cognitive Science
167(28)
Karen Neander
Representation and Unexploited Content
195(13)
Robert Cummins
Jim Blackmon
David Byrd
Alexa Lee
Martin Roth
Fearing Fluffy: The Content of an Emotional Appraisal
208(21)
Carolyn Price
Index 229

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