Goals, No-Goals and Own Goals: A Debate on Goal-Directed and Intentional Behaviour
Author:   Alan Montefiore (Balliol College, Oxford, UK) ,  Denis Noble
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781032028620


Pages:   314
Publication Date:   30 June 2021
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Alan Montefiore (Balliol College, Oxford, UK) ,  Denis Noble
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.748kg
ISBN:  

9781032028620


ISBN 10:   1032028629
Pages:   314
Publication Date:   30 June 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Preface Acknowledgements Part I: Introduction 1. General Introduction 2. Philosophical Background 3. Scientific Introduction Part II: The Positions Stated 4. Goals, No-Goals, Own Goals 5. Intentions and Causes 6. Intentional Actions and Physiology 7. Cognitive Ethology: Hunting for Bargains or a Wild Goose Chase? 8. Representation, Functionalism, and Simple Living Systems 9. Representations and Explanations Part III: The Positions Debated 10. Narrow Intentions 11. Explanations – How not to Miss the Point 12. The Teleological Imperative 13. Comments 14. Round Two 15. What Do Intentions Do? Part IV: A Challenge Renewed 16. Swan Song of a Phoenix Bibliography Further Reading Notes on authors

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