?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Content+and+action%3A+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=Evolution&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.description=The+current+essay+introduces+the+guidance+theory+of+representation%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+biological+origins+of+representation%2C+a+formal+characterization+of+the+guidance+theory%2C+some+examples+of+its+use%2C+and+show+how+the+guidance+theory+handles+some+traditional+problem+cases+for+representation%3A+the+problems+of+error+and+of+representation+of+fictional+and+abstract+entities.+&rft.date=2004&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3953%2F1%2FCNA.pdf&rft.identifier=++Rosenberg%2C+Dr.+Gregg+and+Anderson%2C+Dr.+Michael+L.++(2004)+Content+and+action%3A+The+guidance+theory+of+representation.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3953%2F