MILLIKAN’S BIOSEMANTICS: A BIOLOGICAL-TELEOLOGICAL ACCOUNT OF CONTENT
MIHAELA CALINESCUABSTRACT. The purpose of this article is to gain a deeper understanding of Millikan’s view of the proper functions of beliefs, Millikan’s theory of content, and Millikan’s teleosemantics. This paper seeks to fill a gap in the current literature by examining different aspects of Millikan’s account of productivity, Millikan’s theory of proper functions, and Millikan’s version of teleosemantics. pp. 260–265
Keywords: Millikan, teleosemantics, mental content, function, belief