A Kantian Stance on the Intentional Stance

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 29-52

  Ratcliffe, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design; Design stance; Function; Intentional stance; Intentionality; Kantian teleology; Naturalism; Normativity; Transcendental constitution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006298729     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006710821443     Document Type: Article

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