Functions in Mind: A Theory of Intentional Content

ISBN-13: 9780199242009 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 280 str.

Carolyn Price

Opis

In this adventurous contribution to the project of combining philosophy and biology to understand the mind, Carolyn Price investigates what it means to say that mental states--like thoughts, wishes, and perceptual experiences--are about things in the natural world. Her insight into this deep philosophical problem offers a novel teleological account of intentional content, grounded in and shaped by a carefully constructed theory of functions. Along the way she defends her view from recent objections to teleological theories and indicates how it might be applied to notable problems in the philosophy of mind.

Recenzje

There is something very attractive about the naturalistic picture of intentionality that Price draws ... Price's book offers a very interesting account of the minimal conditions for intentionality and is well argued throughout.