Full Idea
Teleological notions of function specify not just what a thing happens to do, but what it is supposed to do.
Clarification
'Teleological' means to do with purpose
Gist of Idea
Teleological notions of function say what a thing is supposed to do
Source
Thomas W. Polger (Natural Minds [2004], Ch.5.3)
Book Reference
Polger,Thomas W.: 'Natural Minds' [MIT 2004], p.165
A Reaction
This is the basis of a distinct theory of the mind. It seems to be akin to the 'dispositions' of behaviourism, so that the mind becomes once more a theoretical and abstract entity, rather than a thing of occurrent events and processes.