Mechanism is not enough

Pragmatics and Cognition

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 573-585

  Bickhard, Mark H ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Encodingism; Fodor; Interactivism; Mechanism; Millikan; Pragmatism; Representation; Self maintenance; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949124032     PISSN: 09290907     EISSN: 15699943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/pc.15.3.10bic     Document Type: Article

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