Enactive theorists do it on purpose: Toward an enactive account of goals and goal-directedness

Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 463-483

  McGann, Marek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Action; Adaptivity; Embodiment; Enaction; Goals; Meaning; Teleology

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348963629     PISSN: 15687759     EISSN: 15728676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11097-007-9074-y     Document Type: Article

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