Millikan, Ruth Garrett

"Phenomenal consciousness and access consciousness are distinct phenomena."

"The hard problem of consciousness cannot be solved by neural reduction alone."

"Qualia and intentionality are separable aspects of mental life."

"Concepts are abilities or capacities, not mental entities."

"Understanding requires grasping proper functions and causal histories."

"Mental content emerges from embodied interaction with the environment."

"Representation is a biological phenomenon grounded in evolutionary adaptation."

"The self is not a unified Cartesian entity but a collection of systems."

"Knowledge requires causal connection to the world, not just justified belief."

"Rationality is constrained by our evolutionary heritage and embodied nature."

"Purpose without intention emerges naturally through selection processes."

"Cognitive systems are fundamentally relational, not isolated minds."

"The hard sciences must inform our theories of meaning and mind."

"Language learning is grounded in perceptual and motor systems."

"Intentionality cannot be explained without reference to evolutionary function."

"Our concepts are embodied and situated in particular environments."

"Natural selection explains how minds came to represent the world."

"Meaning requires both internal states and external causal relations."

"The history of an organism or concept determines its content and function."

"We must integrate biology, psychology, and philosophy of mind."

"Representation is fundamentally about carrying information about other things."

"Proper function grounds the distinction between genuine and deviant reference."

"Understanding human knowledge requires understanding our place in nature."

"Mental states derive their meaning from their role in the organism's history."

"Consciousness may have multiple neural realizations without being reducible to any."

"Content and phenomenology are independent aspects of mental life."

"Intentionality is not magical; it has natural, evolutionary foundations."

"Concepts and thoughts are tools for understanding and acting in the world."

"The mind's function is to guide adaptive behavior in changing environments."

"We are part of nature, and our minds obey natural laws."