Models of mind and world

Signals are Minimal Causes
Although the definition of ‘signal’ has been controversial for some time within the life sciences, current approaches seem …
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A Dual-Aspect Theory of Artifact Functions
I respond to an objection recently formulated by Barlassina and Hayward against first-order imperativism about pain, according to which …
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Las Teorías Naturalistas del Significado
Strong Liberal Representationalism
The received view holds that there is a significant divide between full-blown representational states and so called …
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The Meaning of Biological Signals
We introduce the virtual special issue on content in signalling systems. The issue explores the uses and limits of ideas from …
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Can Informational Theories account for Metarepresentation?
In this essay we discuss recent attempts to analize the notion of representation, as it is employed in cognitive science, in purely …
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Informational Theories of Content and Mental Representation
Informational theories of semantic content have been recently gaining prominence in the debate on the notion of mental representation. …
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Models, information and meaning
There has recently been an explosion of formal models of signalling, which have been developed to learn about different aspects of …
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Biological Functions and Natural Selection: A Reappraisal
The goal of this essay is to assess the Selected-Effects Etiological Theory of biological function, according to which a trait has a …
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“Causalidad Mental”, “Cognición Situada”, “Conexionismo”, “Computacionalismo”, “Eliminativismo”, “Monismo Anómalo”, “Qualia”, “Realización”, “Superveniencia”
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