Teleosemantics and indeterminacy
Australasian Journal of Philosophy 76 (1):1-14 (1998)
| Abstract | The aim of this paper is to defend the teleological theory of representation against an objection by Jerry Fodor. I shall argue that previous attempts to answer this objection fail to recognize the importance of belief-desire structure for the teleological theory of representation | |||||||||
| Keywords | Biology Indeterminacy Science Teleology Fodor, J | |||||||||
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