?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=A+brief+introduction+to+the+guidance+theory+of+representation&rft.creator=Rosenberg%2C+Dr.+Gregg&rft.creator=Anderson%2C+Dr.+Michael+L.&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Language&rft.subject=Animal+Cognition&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.description=Recent+trends+in+the+philosophy+of+mind+and+cognitive+science+can+be+fruitfully+characterized+as+part+of+the+ongoing+attempt+to+come+to+grips+with+the+very+idea+of+homo+sapiens--an+intelligent%2C+evolved%2C+biological+agent--and+its+signature+contribution+is+the+emergence+of+a+philosophical+anthropology+which%2C+contra+Descartes+and+his+thinking+thing%2C+instead+puts+doing+at+the+center+of+human+being.+Applying+this+agency-oriented+line+of+thinking+to+the+problem+of+representation%2C+this+paper+introduces+the+Guidance+Theory%2C+according+to+which+the+content+and+intentionality+of+representations+can+be+accounted+for+in+terms+of+the+way+they+provide+guidance+for+action.+We+offer+a+brief+account+of+the+motivation+for+the+theory%2C+and+a+formal+characterization.&rft.date=2004&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3952%2F1%2FCNA_cogsci04.pdf&rft.identifier=++Rosenberg%2C+Dr.+Gregg+and+Anderson%2C+Dr.+Michael+L.++(2004)+A+brief+introduction+to+the+guidance+theory+of+representation.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3952%2F