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teleosemantics: a standalone construct

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Philosophy of mind

the view that mental representations get their content from the biological function they were selected to serve for the systems that use them.

In philosophy of mind, teleosemantics refers to the view that mental representations get their content from the biological function they were selected to serve for the systems that use them. This meaning comes from Millikan (1989) in The Journal of Philosophy.[1]

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Millikan, R. G. (1989). Biosemantics. The Journal of Philosophy, 86(6), 281. https://doi.org/10.2307/2027123

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