Consciousness and intentionality / Grant R. Gillett, John McMillan.

By:

Gillett, Grant, 1950-

Contributor(s):

McMillan, John, 1968-

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9789027299871
9027299870
9781556199974
155619997X
1282163949
9781282163942
9786612163944
6612163941

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Consciousness and intentionality.DDC classification:

126 21

LOC classification:

B808.9 .G55 2001eb

NLM classification:

W1
BF 311

Other classification:

77.45

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Contents:

CONSCIOUSNESS AND INTENTIONALITY; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1. Consciousness and intentionality Foundations; Chapter 2. Language and Consciousness; Chapter 3. The objects of consciousness; Chapter 4. Consciousness and action; Chapter 5. Consciousness and society; Chapter 6. Consciousness and the brain; Chapter 7. Animal Consciousness; Chapter 8. Anomalies of consciousness; Consciousness and intentionality Some conclusions; Glossary; References; Index; the series ADVANCES IN CONSCIOUSNESS RESEARCH.

Summary: Is there an internal relationship between consciousness and intentionality? Can mental content be described in such a way so as to avoid dualism? What is the influence of social context upon consciousness, conceptions of self and mental content?This book considers questions such as these and argues for a conception of consciousness, mental content and intentionality that is anti-Cartesian in its major tenets. Focusing upon the rule governed nature of concepts and the grounding of the rules for concept use in the practical world, intentional consciousness emerges as a phenomena that depends upo.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-260) and index.

Is there an internal relationship between consciousness and intentionality? Can mental content be described in such a way so as to avoid dualism? What is the influence of social context upon consciousness, conceptions of self and mental content?This book considers questions such as these and argues for a conception of consciousness, mental content and intentionality that is anti-Cartesian in its major tenets. Focusing upon the rule governed nature of concepts and the grounding of the rules for concept use in the practical world, intentional consciousness emerges as a phenomena that depends upo.