teleosemantics

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

teleo- +‎ semantics, introduced by Ruth Millikan who attributes it to Steven Wagner.

Noun[edit]

teleosemantics (uncountable)

  1. (philosophy) The view that the notion of representation should be defined with respect to biological function.

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