teleosemantics

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English

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Etymology

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

Noun

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teleosemantics (uncountable)

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