teleosemantics

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

teleosemantics

Etymology

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

Related words

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