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Pragmatic aspects of content determination
pp. 217-228
Abstract
"Naturalistic" semantic theories attempt to specify sufficient conditions, in a non-intentional and non-semantic vocabulary, for a mental representation's having a particular meaning. Information-basedtheories, for example, identify the meaning of a mental representation with the cause of its tokening in certain specifiable circumstances.1Teleological theories hold that the meaning of a mental representation is determined by its biological function, what it was selected for.2
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Fisette Denis (1999) Consciousness and intentionality: models and modalities of attribution. Dordrecht, Springer.
Pages: 217-228
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-015-9193-5_10
Full citation:
Egan Frances (1999) „Pragmatic aspects of content determination“, In: D. Fisette (ed.), Consciousness and intentionality, Dordrecht, Springer, 217–228.