Teleosemantics

Inbunden, Engelska, 2006

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2006-09-28
Mått:144 x 224 x 21 mm
Vikt:372 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:Clarendon Press
ISBN:9780199270262

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

Innehållsförteckning

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