The phenomenal basis of intentionality / Angela Mendelovici.
2018
B105.I56 M46 2018
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Title
The phenomenal basis of intentionality / Angela Mendelovici.
ISBN
9780190863838 (electronic book)
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
Call Number
B105.I56 M46 2018
Dewey Decimal Classification
128.2
Summary
Some mental states seem to be 'of' or 'about' things or to 'say' something. For example, a thought might represent that grass is green, and a visual experience might represent a blue cup. This is intentionality. The aim of this work is to explain this phenomenon. Once we understand intentionality as a phenomenon to be explained, rather than a posit in a theory explaining something else, we can see that there are glaring empirical and in-principle difficulties with currently popular tracking and functional role theories of intentionality, which aim to account for intentionality in terms of tracking relations and functional roles.
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Some mental states seem to be 'of' or 'about' things or to 'say' something. For example, a thought might represent that grass is green, and a visual experience might represent a blue cup. This is intentionality. The aim of this work is to explain this phenomenon. Once we understand intentionality as a phenomenon to be explained, rather than a posit in a theory explaining something else, we can see that there are glaring empirical and in-principle difficulties with currently popular tracking and functional role theories of intentionality, which aim to account for intentionality in terms of tracking relations and functional roles.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 10, 2018).
Series
Philosophy of mind.
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Print version: 9780190863807
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