Approaches to Intentionality

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lyons, William, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intentionality (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 261 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With this work, William Lyons offers an authoritative and accessible account of one of the central topics in the philosophy of mind and cognitive science.

Contents:

Introduction: The Etymology, Definition, Theory, and Problem of Intentionality

1. The Instrumentalist Approach

2. The Return to Representation

3. The Appeal to Teleology

4. The Information-Processing Approach

5. The Purest Functionalism

6. A Brain's-Eye View of Intentionality

7. An Infant's-Eye View of Intentionality

8. An Adult's-Eye View of Intentionality.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version

ISBN:

0-19-169508-4

0-19-875222-9