What minds can do : intentionality in a non-intentional world /

Some of a person's mental states have the power to represent real and imagined states of affairs: they have semantic properties. What Minds Can Do has two goals: to find a naturalistic or non-semantic basis for the representational powers of a person's mind, and to show that these semantic...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Jacob, Pierre, 1949-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Series:Cambridge studies in philosophy.
Subjects:
Bewusstsein > Zusammenstellung
Intentionality (Philosophy)
Philosophy of mind.
Intentionnalité (Philosophie)
Philosophie de l'esprit.
PHILOSOPHY > Mind & Body.
Philosophy of mind
Intentionalität
Philosophy of Mind
Semantiek.
Intentionaliteit.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • pt. I. The naturalization of intentionality. What is intentional realism?
  • Introduction to informational semantics
  • Three problems for informational semantics
  • Information and teleology
  • pt. II. The causal role of intentionality. The computational representational theory of mind (CRTM)
  • Must an intentional realist be a meaning atomist?
  • Functionalism and the threat of preemption
  • Explaining intentional behavior
  • Conclusion: a postlude on semantics and psychology.

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