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Intentionality :: Theories of Content

2.3a Information-Based Accounts

See also: 2.3b. Asymmetric Dependence, 2.3c. Causal Accounts, General, 2.3d. Teleological Approaches, 2.3e. Conceptual Role Approaches, 2.3f. Interpretivist Approaches, 2.3g. Theories of Content, Misc.

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2.3b Asymmetric Dependence

See also: 2.3a. Information-Based Accounts, 2.3c. Causal Accounts, General, 2.3d. Teleological Approaches, 2.3e. Conceptual Role Approaches, 2.3f. Interpretivist Approaches, 2.3g. Theories of Content, Misc.

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Adams, Frederick R. & Aizawa, Kenneth (1993). Fodorian semantics, pathologies, and "Block's problem". Minds and Machines 3 (1):97-104. (Cited by 4 | Google | More links)
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