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Full Idea
All attributions of content are founded on an appreciation of the functional roles of the items in question.
Clarification
'Content' is meaning, what ideas are about
Gist of Idea
The nature of content is entirely based on its functional role
Source
Daniel C. Dennett (Daniel Dennett on himself [1994], p.239)
Book Ref
'A Companion to the Philosophy of Mind', ed/tr. Guttenplan,Samuel [Blackwell 1995], p.239
A Reaction
This seems wrong to me. How can anything's nature be its function? It must have intrinsic characteristics in order to have the function. This is an evasion.
| 3984 | The nature of content is entirely based on its functional role [Dennett] |
| 2486 | Content can't be causal role, because causal role is decided by content [Fodor] |
| 23802 | Conceptual role semantics says content is determined by cognitive role [Schulte] |