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  1. Can a Theory of Content Rely on Selected Effect Functions? Response to Christie, Brusse, et al.Nicholas Shea - 2022 - Australasian Philosophical Review 6 (4):400-411.
    In the target article, Christie, Brusse, et al. argue that selected effect functions do not, in general, explain why a trait exists in a population and, therefore, theories of representational content should not rely on selected effect functions. This response focuses on the claim about functions-for-representation. The role of evolutionary functions in a theory of content is to pick out outcomes that have been systematically stabilized by natural selection. Correctness conditions are conditions involved in explaining how that happened. Selected effect (...)
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  • Function, Explanation, and Other Biological Concerns.John Matthewson & Christopher Hunter Lean - 2022 - Australasian Philosophical Review 6 (4):327-334.
    In the target article for this issue, Christie, Brusse, et al. [2022a] argue that Selected Effects Functions (SEF), at least as currently articulated, often do not explain biological traits. In res...
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