Pierre Jacob
Cambridge University Press
e druk, 1997
9780521574013
What Minds Can Do
Intentionality in a Non-Intentional World
Specificaties
Gebonden, 312 blz.
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Engels
Cambridge University Press |
e druk, 1997
ISBN13: 9780521574013
Rubricering
Onderdeel van serie
Cambridge Studies in
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Samenvatting
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 properties are involved in the causal explanation of the person's behaviour. In the process, this 1997 book addresses issues that are central to much contemporary philosophical debate. It will be of interest to a wide range of readers in philosophy of mind and of language, cognitive science, and psychology.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9780521574013
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Gebonden
Aantal pagina's:312
Uitgever:Cambridge University Press
Serie:Cambridge Studies in
Inhoudsopgave
Part I. The Naturalization of Intentionality: 1. What is intentional realism?; 2. Introduction to informational semantics; 3. Three problems for informational semantics; 4. Information and teleology; Part II. The Casual Role of Intentionality: 5. The computational representational theory of mind (CRTM); 6. Must an intentional realist be a meaning atomist?; 7. Functionalism and the threat of pre-emption; 8. Explaining intentional behaviour; 9. Conclusion: a postlude on semantics and psychology; References; Index.