Addis Mind: Ontology and Explanation

Collected Papers 1981-2005
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-3-11-032715-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 289 Seiten

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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 strokes, Addis holds that, while there is a distinct realm of mental properties, behaviors admit of purely physical explanations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Addis, Laird

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophie des Geistes, Neurophilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;CONTENTS;4
2;INTRODUCTION;7
3;ONTOLOGY;11
3.1;MIND, STRUCTURE, AND TIME;13
3.2;NATURAL SIGNS;29
3.3;PAINS AND OTHER SECONDARYMENTAL ENTITIES;55
3.4;INTRINSIC REFERENCE ANDTHE NEW THEORY;73
3.5;THE ONTOLOGY OF EMOTION;93
3.6;THE SIMPLICITY OF CONTENT;113
3.7;THE NECESSITY AND NATURE OFMENTAL CONTENT1;133
4;EXPLANATION;151
4.1;DISPOSITIONS, EXPLANATION,AND BEHAVIOR1;153
4.2;BEHAVIORISM AND THE PHILOSOPHYOF THE ACT1;179
4.3;PARALLELISM, INTERACTIONISM,AND CAUSATION;205
4.4;DISPOSITIONAL MENTAL STATES:CHOMSKY AND FREUD;227
4.5;REVIEW OF LAURENCE D. SMITH’SBEHAVIORISM AND LOGICAL POSITIVISM:A REASSESSMENT OF THE ALLIANCE;249
4.6;HUMAN ACTION AND THEHUMEAN UNIVERSE1;261
5;REFERENCES;279
6;AUTHOR’S NOTE;291
7;INDEX OF NAMES;293