I have a new paper in Synthese!
I argue: Millikan’s notions of relational, adapted, and derived proper functions are indispensable parts of every selected effects theory of functions and of teleosemantics!
Further, they solve teleosemantics’ problem of novel contents!
doi.org/10.1007/s112...
Both parts of the response to Dong‘s and @gualtiero.bsky.social blog post about biological functions on @philosophyofbrains.com that I wrote with @fhundertmark.bsky.social and @frabellazzi.bsky.social are out now. We argue that selection is inescapable!
It was a pleasure writing this with you!