Teleosemantics
Published on 28. September 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
242 pages
978-0-19-927027-9 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
...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 *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
figures
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
347 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-927027-9 (9780199270279)
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Graham MacDonald | David Papineau
Teleosemantics
Book
09/2006
Clarendon Press
€59.70
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Content
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