Mental means / Antonia Peacocke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peacocke, Antonia, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Act (Philosophy).

Agent (Philosophy).

Intention.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2026]

Summary:

'Mental Means' offers a systematic treatment of intentional mental action: what you do intentionally with your mind. You can think of a word to decide on a password, call to mind how something looks to imagine it, or make a judgment to answer a question. When using a mental action as a means in this way, your thoughts can take on greater significance than they would otherwise have. Just one thought can instantiate several types of thought at once, individuated by attitude and content. For instance, one thought can have two distinct propositional contents, or it can be both a judgment and a decision. Antonia Peacocke applies this idea to solve three kinds of puzzles in philosophy of mind and epistemology.

Contents:

Intentional action

Non-basic action

Basic action

Demonstrative reference

Practical knowledge

Mental action

Intentional judgment

Creative conception

Imagination

Transparent self-knowledge

Inference

Inquiry.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (Oxford Academic, viewed on September 3, 2026).

Other Format:

Print version : Peacocke, Antonia. Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2026]

ISBN:

9780191946448

0191946443

OCLC:

1601480616

Publisher Number:

CIPO000411969

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license