What minds can do :
Jacob, Pierre, 1949-
What minds can do : intentionality in a non-intentional world / Pierre Jacob. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997. - 1 online resource (xii, 299 pages) : illustrations - Cambridge studies in philosophy . - Cambridge studies in philosophy. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-294) and index.
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.
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 behavior. In the process, the 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 language, cognitive science, and psychology.
English.
9780511583315 0511583311 0511002718 9780511002717 9780521574013 0521574013 9780521574365 0521574366
Intentionality (Philosophy)
Philosophy of mind.
PHILOSOPHY--Mind & Body.
Intentionality (Philosophy)
Philosophy of mind.
Intentionalit�at
Bewusstsein
Philosophy of Mind
Semantiek.
Intentionaliteit.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
B105.I56 / J33 1997eb
128/.2
What minds can do : intentionality in a non-intentional world / Pierre Jacob. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997. - 1 online resource (xii, 299 pages) : illustrations - Cambridge studies in philosophy . - Cambridge studies in philosophy. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-294) and index.
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.
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 behavior. In the process, the 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 language, cognitive science, and psychology.
English.
9780511583315 0511583311 0511002718 9780511002717 9780521574013 0521574013 9780521574365 0521574366
Intentionality (Philosophy)
Philosophy of mind.
PHILOSOPHY--Mind & Body.
Intentionality (Philosophy)
Philosophy of mind.
Intentionalit�at
Bewusstsein
Philosophy of Mind
Semantiek.
Intentionaliteit.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
B105.I56 / J33 1997eb
128/.2