John R. Searle

Intentionality

An Essay in the Philosophy of Mind

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Intentionality is taken to be the crucial mental phenomenon, and its analysis involves wide-ranging discussions of perception, action, causation, meaning, and reference. In all these areas John Searle has original and stimulating views. He ends with a resolution of the 'mind-body' problem.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Dezember 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 406g
• ISBN-13: 9780521273022
• ISBN-10: 0521273021
• Artikelnr.: 21564408

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. The nature of intentional states
2. The intentionality of perception
3. Intention and action
4. Intentional causation
5. The background
6. Meaning
7. Intensional reports of intentional states and speech acts
8. Are meanings in the head?
9. Proper names and intentionality
10. Epilogue: intentionality and the brain
Subject index
Name index.