| 7438 | A causal theory of mentality would be improved by a teleological element [Armstrong] |
| 6535 | Teleological characterisations shade off smoothly into brutely physical ones [Lycan] |
| 6533 | Mental types are a subclass of teleological types at a high level of functional abstraction [Lycan] |
| 5499 | A mental state is a functional realisation of a brain state when it serves the purpose of the organism [Lycan] |
| 6378 | Teleological functions explain why a trait exists; causal-role functions say what it does [Polger] |