Teleosemantics without natural selection

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 97-116

  Abrams, Marshall ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Belief; Function; Mental representation; Natural selection; Naturalized intentionality; Teleology; Wide content

Indexed keywords

NATURAL SELECTION;

EID: 21444433004     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10539-005-0359-7     Document Type: Article

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