Rational animals : the teleological roots of intentionality / by Okrent, Mark, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…-- Three central issues concerning intentionality -- The pragmatic approach to intentionality -- Representationalism, functionalism, and pragmatism -- Goals without intentions -- The field teleologist's problem -- Goal-directedness : description and explanation -- Wright's analysis of goals -- The descriptive content of goal attributions -- The scope of the judgment of appropriateness -- Goals as strongly holistic properties -- Living agents and teleology -- The explanatory power of goal attributions -- How goal-directed explanations explain -- Goals and functions : types and individuals -- Types and goals : populations and evolution -- Instrumental rationality -- The teleological stance and the intentional stance -- Reasons -- Nonrational behavior : the lessons of the sphex wasp -- Instrumentally rational behavior : the lessons of the plover -- Goals and reasons -- The norms of instrumental rationality -- Rational explanation -- Justification and explanation -- Inference and explanation -- Goals and desires -- The motivation of rational behavior -- Rational explanation and intentional content -- Practical reason and definite content -- The limitations of merely instrumental reason -- Opacity and vague contents -- Reflection and practical rationality -- The evolution of practical rationality -- Practical reason and social roles -- Tools, language, and definite content.…”