First published in 1989, Goals, No-Goals and Own Goals presents a stimulating debate between three scientists and three philosophers about the significance and nature of goal-directed and intentional behaviour.

Alan Montefiore and Denis Noble

Preface Acknowledgements Part I: Introduction 1. General Introduction 2. Philosophical Background 3. Scientific Introduction Part II: The Positions Stated 4. Goals, No-Goals, Own Goals 5. Intentions and Causes 6. Intentional Actions and Physiology 7. Cognitive Ethology: Hunting for Bargains or a Wild Goose Chase? 8. Representation, Functionalism, and Simple Living Systems 9. Representations and Explanations Part III: The Positions Debated 10. Narrow Intentions 11. Explanations - How not to Miss the Point 12. The Teleological Imperative 13. Comments 14. Round Two 15. What Do Intentions Do? Part IV: A Challenge Renewed 16. Swan Song of a Phoenix Bibliography Further Reading Notes on authors