Mind : ontology and explanation : collected papers 1981-2005 / Laird Addis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Addis, Laird.

Series:

Philosophische Analyse / Philosophical Analysis

Philosophische Analyse ; Bd. 25

Philosophische Analyse / Philosophical Analysis ; 25

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy of mind.

Ontology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (298 p.)

Place of Publication:

Frankfurt : Ontos Verlag, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this collection of papers by Laird Addis, published over approximately a quarter century, the main topics are the ontology of mind and the role of mind in the explanation of behavior. Addis defends a theory of natural signs, by which there is, in every conscious state including emotional states, an intrinsically intentional entity. He also argues that explanations of behavior by dispositional mental states, while not themselves causal explanations, presuppose the possibility of such explanations. The theory of dispositions is applied also to the theories of Chomsky and Freud. In broad stroke

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

ONTOLOGY

MIND, STRUCTURE, AND TIME

NATURAL SIGNS

PAINS AND OTHER SECONDARY MENTAL ENTITIES

INTRINSIC REFERENCE AND THE NEW THEORY

THE ONTOLOGY OF EMOTION

THE SIMPLICITY OF CONTENT

THE NECESSITY AND NATURE OF MENTAL CONTENT

EXPLANATION

DISPOSITIONS, EXPLANATION, AND BEHAVIOR

BEHAVIORISM AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE ACT

PARALLELISM, INTERACTIONISM, AND CAUSATION

DISPOSITIONAL MENTAL STATES: CHOMSKY AND FREUD

REVIEW OF LAURENCE D. SMITH'S BEHAVIORISM AND LOGICAL POSITIVISM: A REASSESSMENT OF THE ALLIANCE

HUMAN ACTION AND THE HUMEAN UNIVERSE

REFERENCES

AUTHOR'S NOTE

INDEX OF NAMES

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

3-938793-86-4

3-11-032715-5

OCLC:

851970818