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18. Thought / C. Content / 11. Teleological Semantics

[selected functional purpose fixes content]

3 ideas
Biosemantics says content is useful mapping from a producer to a consumer system [Millikan, by Schulte]
Teleosemantics explains content in terms of successful and unsuccessful functioning [Schulte]
Teleosemantic explanations say content is the causal result of naturally selected functions [Schulte]