?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Teleosemantics+and+Productivity&rft.creator=Mart%C3%ADnez%2C+Manolo&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Language&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=There+has+been+much+discussion+of+so-called+teleosemantic+approaches+to+the+naturalisation+of+content.+Such+discussion%2C+though%2C+has+been+largely+confined+to+simple%2C+innate+mental+states+with+contents+such+as+There+is+a+fly+here.+Even+assuming+we+can+solve+the+issues+that+crop+up+at+this+stage%2C+an+account+of+the+content+of+human+mental+states+will+not+get+too+far+without+an+account+of+productivity%3A+the+ability+to+entertain+indefinitely+many+thoughts.+%0D%0AThe+best-known+teleosemantic+theory%2C+Millikan%E2%80%99s+biosemantics%2C+offers+an+account+of+productivity+in+thought.+This+paper+raises+a+basic+worry+about+this+account%3A+that+the+use+of+mapping+functions+in+the+theory+is+unacceptable+from+a+naturalistic+point+of+view.+&rft.date=2011-03&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7282%2F1%2FTeleosemantics_and_Productivity_-_2nd_version_-__edited.pdf&rft.identifier=++Mart%C3%ADnez%2C+Manolo++(2011)+Teleosemantics+and+Productivity.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7282%2F