Intentional Explanations and Teleological Explanations of Animal Behaviour

This paper examines two philosophical proposals about the requirements which must be satisfied in order to legitimately apply intentional explanations to non-human animals. Firstly, I evaluate Daniel Dennett’s intentional stance approach, and I present a well-known critique against it: the risk of o...

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Main Author: Danón, Laura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de Córdoba 2011-05-01
Series:Revista Argentina de Ciencias del Comportamiento
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Online Access:http://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/racc/article/view/5233/5398