...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

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.
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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.
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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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Hot topic at the scientific end of philosophy The starting-point for all future work Excellent contributors All essays specially written for this volume
Hot topic at the scientific end of philosophy The starting-point for all future work Excellent contributors All essays specially written for this volume

Product details

ISBN
9780199270279
Published
2006
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Weight
282 gr
Height
216 mm
Width
139 mm
Thickness
14 mm
Age
UU, 05
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
242