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Teleosemantics Graham Macdonald (University of Canterbury, New Zealand)

Teleosemantics By Graham Macdonald (University of Canterbury, New Zealand)

Teleosemantics by Graham Macdonald (University of Canterbury, New Zealand)

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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.

Teleosemantics Summary

Teleosemantics by Graham Macdonald (University of Canterbury, New Zealand)

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.

Teleosemantics Reviews

...this collection gives a good picture of the status of debate for philosophers of mind, scientists and philosophers in cognate disciplines, and senior students. * James Maclaurin MIND *

Table of Contents

1. Teleosemantics: The Programme, Prospects, and Problems ; 2. Language, Modularity, and Evolution ; 3. Mental Representation, Naturalism, and Teleosemantics ; 4. Representation, Teleosemantics, and the Problem of Self-Knowledge ; 5. The Epistemological Objection to Opaque Teleological Theories of Content ; 6. Useless Content ; 7. On Thinking of Kinds: A Neuroscientific Perspective ; 8. Teleosemantics and the Consumer ; 9. . Content for Cognitive Science ; 10. Representation and Unexploited Content ; 11. Fearing Fluffy: The Content of an Emotional Appraisal

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NLS9780199270279
9780199270279
0199270279
Teleosemantics by Graham Macdonald (University of Canterbury, New Zealand)
Graham Macdonald (University of Canterbury, New Zealand)
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Paperback
Oxford University Press
2006-09-28
242
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