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Reliable misrepresentation and tracking theories of mental representation

Date

Authors

Mendelovici, Angela

Publisher

Kluwer Academic Publishers

Abstract

It is a live possibility that certain of our experiences reliably misrepresent the world around us. I argue that tracking theories of mental representation (e.g. those of Dretske, Fodor, and Millikan) have difficulty allowing for this possibility, and tha

Keywords

Keywords: Asymmetric dependence; Causal theories of mental representation; Colors; Mental representation; Reliable misrepresentation; Teleological theories of mental representation

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/58212

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Philosophical Studies

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1007/s11098-012-9966-8

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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