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Teleosemantics : new philosophical essays / edited by Graham Macdonald and David Papineau.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Semantics (Philosophy).
- Mechanism (Philosophy).
- Naturalism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (241 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Clarendon, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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 a line-up of well-known contributors offers a summary of the current state of the teleosemantics debate.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Formerly CIP.
- Previously issued in print: 2006.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 1-383-04135-0
- 1-280-75245-9
- 9786610752454
- 0-19-151505-1
- 1-4294-5938-7
- OCLC:
- 609830228
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