The interactivist model

Synthese

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 547-591

  Bickhard, Mark H ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cummins; Dretske; Emergence; Evolutionary epistemology; Fodor; Hume; Interactivism; Kim; Language; Learning; Millikan; Normative function; Normativity; Perception; Process; Representation; Social ontology; Substance

Indexed keywords

EID: 58649095077     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-008-9375-x     Document Type: Article

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