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The evolution of evolvability

Thomas Metzinger

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Cognitive scienceEvolvabilityHeading (navigation)Neuropsychology and Physiological PsychologyCognitive NeuroscienceCognitive semanticsExperimental and Cognitive PsychologyPsychology

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Ever since Ruth Garrett Millikan burst on the scene with her famous 1984 book Language, Thought, and Other Biological Categories [1] she has continued to make substantial contributions, in a remarkably sustained effort that significantly shaped the theoretical landscape in a number of fast-moving fields, from cognitive science to the philosophies of mind, language and biology [1–3]. One of her many achievements lies in the development of a new theoretical approach to cognitive semantics, which philosophers know under the heading of ‘teleofunctionalism’.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2005.06.001