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1 online resource (232 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
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 -- 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. |
| 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. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Semantics (Philosophy)
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Semantics (Philosophy) |
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Mechanism (Philosophy)
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Mechanism (Philosophy) |
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Naturalism.
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Naturalism. |
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Electronic books.
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Essays.
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Essays.
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Macdonald, Graham.
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Papineau, David, 1947-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Teleosemantics. Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press, 2006 9780199270262 0199270260 (DLC) 2007271017 (OCoLC)74490385 |
| ISBN |
9781429459389 (electronic book) |
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1429459387 (electronic book) |
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0199270260 (Cloth) |
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0199270279 (Paper) |
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9780199270262 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780199270279 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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