Andre Leclerc
I am Philosophy Professor at the University of Brasilia. My research interests are philosophy of Language, philosophy of mind, philosophy of sciences and metaphysics.
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property of being about something. In a more common and strict
sense of the word, “intentionality” denotes the power of the mind to
represent something. Franz Brentano (1874) argues that intentionality
is the “mark of the mental”. Edmund Husserl develops the notion of
intentionality as the central idea of his Phenomenology. Late in the
fifties R. M. Chisholm (1957) introduces intentionality in analytic
philosophy, seeking, unsuccessfully, a logico-linguistic criterion of the
mental. Soon after intentionality becomes a central notion in philosophy
of mind. After a brief historical survey of the main philosophical
contributions to the notion of intentionality, we present the structure
of intentionality, and the complex relationship between intentionality
and consciousness. Some fundamental questions are briefly tackled:
How could we resolve the problem of non-existent intentional objects?
Is intentionality really the mark of the mental? Is it possible to naturalise
intentionality?
Keywords
Intentionality, Consciousness, Phenomenology, Analytic Philosophy,
Philosophy of Mind.
individuation of mental states. Mental states are individuated by their
content; and the content, in turn, is individuated by relations between
the cognitive agent and external affairs, at least in many cases. Here
we present some of these theories, which include ideas about direct
reference, de re attitudes, and a conception of semantic and intentional
properties. We present the thought experiments conceived of by
Putnam, Burge and Davidson, and a discussion of two problems raised
by the externalist doctrine: one about self-knowledge and the other
about a priori knowledge of the external world.
Keywords
Externalism, Mental Content, Direct Reference, De re Attitude, Selfknowledge
property of being about something. In a more common and strict
sense of the word, “intentionality” denotes the power of the mind to
represent something. Franz Brentano (1874) argues that intentionality
is the “mark of the mental”. Edmund Husserl develops the notion of
intentionality as the central idea of his Phenomenology. Late in the
fifties R. M. Chisholm (1957) introduces intentionality in analytic
philosophy, seeking, unsuccessfully, a logico-linguistic criterion of the
mental. Soon after intentionality becomes a central notion in philosophy
of mind. After a brief historical survey of the main philosophical
contributions to the notion of intentionality, we present the structure
of intentionality, and the complex relationship between intentionality
and consciousness. Some fundamental questions are briefly tackled:
How could we resolve the problem of non-existent intentional objects?
Is intentionality really the mark of the mental? Is it possible to naturalise
intentionality?
Keywords
Intentionality, Consciousness, Phenomenology, Analytic Philosophy,
Philosophy of Mind.
individuation of mental states. Mental states are individuated by their
content; and the content, in turn, is individuated by relations between
the cognitive agent and external affairs, at least in many cases. Here
we present some of these theories, which include ideas about direct
reference, de re attitudes, and a conception of semantic and intentional
properties. We present the thought experiments conceived of by
Putnam, Burge and Davidson, and a discussion of two problems raised
by the externalist doctrine: one about self-knowledge and the other
about a priori knowledge of the external world.
Keywords
Externalism, Mental Content, Direct Reference, De re Attitude, Selfknowledge