Teleosemantics without natural selection

Biology and Philosophy 20 (1):97-116 (2005)
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Ruth Millikan and others advocate theories which attempt to naturalize wide mental content (e.g. beliefs

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Functional analysis.Robert E. Cummins - 1975 - Journal of Philosophy 72 (November):741-64.
In defense of proper functions.Ruth Millikan - 1989 - Philosophy of Science 56 (June):288-302.
Functions.Larry Wright - 1973 - Philosophical Review 82 (2):139-168.

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