Function, Anticipation, Representation.

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        <b>Function, Anticipation, Representation.</b>
      
      
        
      
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        Function emerges in certain kinds of far-from-equilibrium systems. One important kind of 
        function is that of interactive anticipation, an adaptedness to temporal complexity. 
        Interactive anticipation is the locus of the emergence of normative representational 
        content, and, thus, of representation in general: interactive anticipation is the 
        naturalistic core of the evolution of cognition. Higher forms of such anticipation are 
        involved in the subsequent macro-evolutionary sequence of learning, emotions, and 
        reflexive consciousness. 
      
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