0 Abstract Modern agenda gives to function a fundamental position in architecture. This problem is addressed in many architectural texts, either by describing the functional dimension of buildings, or by prescribing design methods to solve and formally express it. This study tries to understand how these ideas are embedded into modern buildings, by observing the effects of the methodological pr...

In Defense of Proper Functionalism: Cognitive Science Takes on Swampman [Word Count: 6353] by Kenneth Boyce and Andrew Moon Abstract. According to proper functionalist theories of warrant, a belief is warranted only if it is formed by cognitive faculties that are properly functioning according to a good, truth-aimed design plan, one that is often thought to be specified either by intentional de...