非衍生内容之争由来已久,但是争论双方都存在着或多或少的缺陷。亚当斯等人并没有给出有效的反驳;福多错误地解释了对立关系,把对立关系解释为因果关系;同构理论只能保证X和‘X’之间存在映射上的可能性,而不能保证其必然性;丹尼特把自然选择过程看作是意向性过程存在明显的错误,而克拉克的反驳却最终走向了妥协。事实上,非衍生内容作为认知的标志并不合理,并没有设立的必要。
The debate on non-derivative content has been a long-lasting issue,but there are more or less defects.Philosophers,such as Adams,have never reached fruitful contradiction;Fodors wrongly interpreted the opposite relationship as a kind of causal relationship.The isomorphism theory can only guarantee the possibility but the inevitability of mapping between X and'X';it is obviously wrong for Dennett to regard natural selection process as an intention one,but Clarke's contradict ends in compromise.As a matter a fact,it is unreasonable as well as unnecessary to see derivative content as a symbol of cognition.