Teleonomic functions and intrinsic intentionality: Dretske's theory as a test case

Cognitive Systems Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-27

  Shani, Itay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dretske; Epiphenomenalism; Function; Indication; Intrinsic intentionality; Self organization; Teleology; Teleonomy

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS; THEORY;

EPIPHENOMENALISM; TELEOLOGY; TELEONOMY;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BEHAVIOR THEORY; DRETSKE THEORY OF INDICATORY FUNCTIONS; EPISTEMOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL HEALTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDITY;

EID: 33846638413     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13890417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogsys.2006.06.001     Document Type: Article

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