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Teleosemantics : new philosophical essays
- Title
- Teleosemantics : new philosophical essays / edited by Graham Macdonald and David Papineau.
- Publication
- Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press, 2006.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | B840 .T45 2006 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 232 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- 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.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Essay
- essays.
- Essays.
- Essais.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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.
- ISBN
- 9780199270262
- 0199270260
- 9780199270279
- 0199270279
- LCCN
- 2007271017
- OCLC
- ocm74490385
- 74490385
- SCSB-9479656
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library