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Showing 1 to 2 of 2 for “"etiological functions"”.
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Proliferative etiological functions in biological systems
… in biology, and argue that problems arise when etiological accounts of function are applied to traits contained within a biological system. In the first chapter, prominent analyses of functional language will be examined, with a special interest paid to etiological analyses of biological …
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In Favor of Teleosemantics: A Millikanian Treatment of the Intentional Content of Mental Representation
… functionalist models, the biological concept of etiological functions resulting from natural selection. Since its introduction, teleosemantics has been an object of constant misunderstanding and resolute opposition. The goal of this dissertation is to demonstrate that, when properly conceived, …