Biogenic approaches investigate cognition from the standpoint of evolutionary function,
asking what cognition does for a living system and then looking for common principles and …

Among those living systems, which are cognizers? Among the behaviours of, and causes of
behaviour in, living systems, which are cognitive? Such questions sit at the heart of a …

We discuss various implications of some radical anti-representationalist views of cognition
and what they have to offer with regard to the naturalization of intentionality and the …

This chapter notes that the use of intuitions to jump-start more sophisticated reasoning has
been proposed for mathematics. The question addressed is whether core intuitions can also …

We situate the debate on intentionality within the rise of cognitive neuroscience and argue
that cognitive neuroscience can explain intentionality. We discuss the explanatory …

This collection of original essays covers a wide range of issues in the current naturalized
philosophy of mind. Particular attention is paid to the ways in which concepts drawn from …

Historically, the concept intentionality referred to the apparent directedness of human
consciousness. Given experimental psychology's turn-of-the-century shift from …

Many recent philosophical discussions of the mind and semantics have attempted to
naturalise intentionality. Philosophers such as Millikan and Dretske attempt to show that …

The aim of this paper is to propose that current robotic technologies cannot have intentional
states any more than is feasible within the sensorimotor variant of embodied cognition. It …

This paper argues for the individuation of cognitive abilities within cognitive sciences based
on the same phylogenetic framework that underlies the individuation of parts and traits at …