Teleosemantic theories aim to naturalize mental representation through the use of functions,
typically based on past selection processes. However, the historical dependence of these …

According to standard teleosemantics, intentional states are selectional states. This claim is
put forward not as a conceptual analysis, but as a 'theoretical reduction'—an a posteriori …

Consider, for example, the thought that blossoms are forming. On a representational theory
of thought, this involves a representation of blossoms forming. A theory of mental content …

The counterfactual account of physical computation is simple and, for the most part, very
attractive. However, it is usually thought to trivialize the notion of physical computation …

In a series of papers, Papineau argues that the Swampman scenario is not even the start of
an objection to teleosemantics as a scientific reduction of belief. It is against this claim that I …

Some truths could not have failed to hold. Such are called metaphysically necessary truths.
As Michael Dummett once aptly formulated, the philosophical problem about necessity is …

Abstract In mind, John R. Searle dismisses the deep-unconscious on the grounds that it
neither satisfies the connection principle nor does it exhibit intentionality. I argue against …

Section 1 of this thesis investigates one issue in meta-ethics, namely, the nature of moral
judgments. What are moral judgments? What does it mean by" wrong" when we assert" …

Representationalism is a promising route to an intelligible and thoroughly naturalist
conception of phenomenal experience. Unfortunately, the most thoroughly worked out …