Book contents
- How Biology Shapes Philosophy
- How Biology Shapes Philosophy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Book part
- Introduction: Biophilosophy
- 1 Darwin and the Overdue Demise of Essentialism
- 2 Darwinism as Philosophy
- 3 Animal Evolution and the Origins of Experience
- 4 Neurophilosophy
- 5 Teleosemantics
- 6 The Methodological Argument for Informational Teleosemantics
- 7 Nature’s Purposes and Mine
- 8 Biology and the Theory of Rationality
- 9 Evolution and Ethical Life
- 10 Human Nature
- 11 A Postgenomic Perspective on Sex and Gender
- 12 Biophilosophy of Race
- 13 How Philosophers “Learn” from Biology – Reductionist and Antireductionist “Lessons”
- References
- Index
5 - Teleosemantics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 November 2016
- How Biology Shapes Philosophy
- How Biology Shapes Philosophy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Book part
- Introduction: Biophilosophy
- 1 Darwin and the Overdue Demise of Essentialism
- 2 Darwinism as Philosophy
- 3 Animal Evolution and the Origins of Experience
- 4 Neurophilosophy
- 5 Teleosemantics
- 6 The Methodological Argument for Informational Teleosemantics
- 7 Nature’s Purposes and Mine
- 8 Biology and the Theory of Rationality
- 9 Evolution and Ethical Life
- 10 Human Nature
- 11 A Postgenomic Perspective on Sex and Gender
- 12 Biophilosophy of Race
- 13 How Philosophers “Learn” from Biology – Reductionist and Antireductionist “Lessons”
- References
- Index
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- How Biology Shapes PhilosophyNew Foundations for Naturalism, pp. 95 - 120Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2016
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