… teleosemantics: biological function. It has been universally accepted in the teleosemantics
literature that the account of biological function one should use to flesh out teleosemantics is …

The aim of this paper is to defend the teleological theory of representation against an
objection by Jerry Fodor. I shall argue that previous attempts to answer this objection fail to …

… Mainstream teleosemantics is the view that mental representation should be understood in
… criticisms of teleosemantics is the problem of novel contents: how can teleosemantics explain …

… to the teleosemantic approach to content. … teleosemantic theories. I hope also to show why,
contrary to popular opinion,‘Swampman’is not even the start of an objection to teleosemantics…

… This section sets out the standard teleosemantic approach to content, noting that it does
not require representations to carry correlational information. The teleosemantic framework is …

Correctly understood, teleosemantics is the claim that “representation” is a function term.
Things are called “representations” if they have a certain kind of function or telos and perform it …

… for the description and evaluation of teleosemantic theories of intentionality, and use it to …
In the second part, I develop a novel teleosemantic proposal which makes progress in the …

… By "teleosemantics"1 is meant a teleofunctional account of … while Fodor rejects teleosemantics.
But I can compare the … A central problem that teleosemantics is designed to solve con…

This chapter contains section titles: Introduction Response Functions Information and
Singular Causation The Functions of Sensory Representations The Contents of Sensory …