?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Autonomy+in+Anticipatory+Systems%3A+Significance+for+Functionality%2C+Intentionality+and+Meaning&rft.creator=Collier%2C+John&rft.subject=Behavioral+Biology&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=Abstract+Many+anticipatory+systems+cannot+in%0Athemselves+act+meaningfully+or+represent%0Aintentionally.+This+stems+largely+from+the+derivative%0Anature+of+their+functionality.+All+current+artificial%0Acontrol+systems%2C+and+many+living+systems+such+as%0Aorgans+and+cellular+parts+of+organisms+derive+any%0Aintentionality+they+might+have+from+their+designers%0Aor+possessors.+Derivative+functionality+requires%0Areference+to+some+external+autonomously+functional%0Asystem%2C+and+derivative+intentionality+similarly%0Arequires+reference+to+an+external+autonomous%0Aintentional+system.+The+importance+of+autonomy%0Acan+be+summed+up+in+the+following+slogan%3A+No%0Ameaning+without+intention%3B+no+intention+without%0Afunction%3B+no+function+without+autonomy.+This+paper%0Adevelops+the+role+of+autonomy+to+show+how+learning%0Anew+tasks+is+facilitated+by+autonomy%2C+and+further+by%0Arepresentational+capacities+that+are+functional+for%0Aautonomy.%0A&rft.publisher=Springer-Verlag&rft.contributor=Dubois%2C+Daniel&rft.date=1999&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F978%2F3%2FCASYS98.pdf&rft.identifier=++Collier%2C+John++(1999)+Autonomy+in+Anticipatory+Systems%3A+Significance+for+Functionality%2C+Intentionality+and+Meaning.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F978%2F<script src='//archive-bar.soton.ac.uk/archive-bar.js'></script>