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Goals, No-Goals and Own Goals A Debate on Goal-Directed and Intentional Behaviour
Preface Acknowledgement Part I: Introduction 1. General Introduction Alan Montefiore and Denis Noble 2. Philosophical Background Alan Montefiore 3. Scientific Introduction Denis Noble Part II: The Positions Stated 4. Goals, No-Goals, Own Goals David McFarland 5. Intentions and Causes Alan Montefiore 6. Intentional Actions and Physiology Denis Noble 7. Cognitive Ethology: Hunting for Bargains or a Wild Goose Chase? Daniel C. Dennett 8. Representation, Functionalism, and Simple Living Systems Shawn Lockery 9. Representations and Explanations Kathy Wilkes Part III: The Positions Debated 10. Narrow Intentions Shawn Lockery 11. Explanations – How not to Miss the Point Kathy Wilkes 12. The Teleological Imperative David McFarland 13. Comments Daniel C. Dennett 14. Round Two Alan Montefiore 15. What Do Intentions Do? Denis Noble Part IV: A Challenge Renewed 16. Swan Song of a Phoenix David McFarland Bibliography Further Reading Notes on authors
Biography
Alan Montefiore and Denis Noble
