Teleosemantics and Pushmi-Pullyu Representations

Erkenntnis 79 (S3):1-22 (2014)
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Abstract

One of the main tenets of current teleosemantic theories is that simple representations are Pushmi-Pullyu states, i.e. they carry descriptive and imperative content at the same time. In the paper I present an argument that shows that if we add this claim to the core tenets of teleosemantics, then (1) it entails that, necessarily, all representations are Pushmi-Pullyu states and (2) it undermines one of the main motivations for the Pushmi-Pullyu account

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Marc Artiga
Universitat De València

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