--- abstract: "Sometimes it takes years of debate for philosophers to discover what it is they really disagree about. Sometimes they talk past each other in long series of books and articles, never guessing at the root disagreement that divides them. But occasionally a day comes when something happens to coax the cat out of the bag. \"Aha!\" one philosopher exclaims to another, \"so that's why you've been disagreeing with me, misunderstanding me, resisting my conclusions, puzzling me all these years!\"" altloc: [] chapter: ~ commentary: ~ commref: ~ confdates: ~ conference: ~ confloc: ~ contact_email: ~ creators_id: [] creators_name: - family: Dennett given: Daniel C. honourific: '' lineage: '' date: 1988 date_type: published datestamp: 1998-04-05 department: ~ dir: disk0/00/00/04/31 edit_lock_since: ~ edit_lock_until: ~ edit_lock_user: ~ editors_id: [] editors_name: - family: Partridge given: Y. Wilks and D. honourific: '' lineage: '' eprint_status: archive eprintid: 431 fileinfo: /style/images/fileicons/text_html.png;/431/1/evolerr.htm full_text_status: public importid: ~ institution: ~ isbn: ~ ispublished: pub issn: ~ item_issues_comment: [] item_issues_count: 0 item_issues_description: [] item_issues_id: [] item_issues_reported_by: [] item_issues_resolved_by: [] item_issues_status: [] item_issues_timestamp: [] item_issues_type: [] keywords: ~ lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:53:54 latitude: ~ longitude: ~ metadata_visibility: show note: ~ number: ~ pagerange: ~ pubdom: FALSE publication: Sourcebook on the Foundations of Artificial Intelligence publisher: New Mexico University Press refereed: FALSE referencetext: ~ relation_type: [] relation_uri: [] reportno: ~ rev_number: 8 series: ~ source: ~ status_changed: 2007-09-12 16:27:48 subjects: - comp-sci-art-intel - phil-dec-theory succeeds: ~ suggestions: ~ sword_depositor: ~ sword_slug: ~ thesistype: ~ title: 'Evolution, Error and Intentionality' type: bookchapter userid: 38 volume: ~