Intentionality: An Essay in the Philosophy of Mind by John R. Searle (English) P

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Intentionality is taken to be the crucial mental phenomenon, and its analysis involves wide-ranging discussions of perception, action, causation, meaning, and reference. In all these areas John Searle has original and stimulating views. He ends with a resolution of the 'mind-body' problem.

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John Searle's Speech Acts (1969) and Expression and Meaning (1979) developed a highly original and influential approach to the study of language. But behind both works lay the assumption that the philosophy of language is in the end a branch of the philosophy of the mind: speech acts are forms of human action and represent just one example of the mind's capacity to relate the human organism to the world. The present book is concerned with these biologically fundamental capacities, and, though third in the sequence, in effect it provides the philosophical foundations for the other two. Intentionality is taken to be the crucial mental phenomenon, and its analysis involves wide-ranging discussions of perception, action, causation, meaning, and reference. In all these areas John Searle has original and stimulating views. He ends with a resolution of the 'mind-body' problem.

Author Biography

John Searle is Slusser Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley. His most recent publications include Mind: A Brief Introduction (2004), Consciousness and Language (2002) and Rationality in Action (2001, 2003).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The nature of intentional states; 2. The intentionality of perception; 3. Intention and action; 4. Intentional causation; 5. The background; 6. Meaning; 7. Intensional reports of intentional states and speech acts; 8. Are meanings in the head?; 9. Proper names and intentionality; 10. Epilogue: intentionality and the brain; Subject index; Name index.

Review

'The strengths of the book lie in its vigor and general clarity, and in the stimulating discussions of the pre-intentional background necessary to the existence of intentional states and of the intentions of a communicator. [Searle's] sharp statement of the structural parallels between action and perception is possibly the best introduction to that phenomenon.' Philosophical Review 'The scope and consistency of his attempt to explain the Philosophy of Language as part of the Philosophy of the Mind is truly impressive.' Nous 'The prose is clear, the approach is straightforward, the arguments powerful. It would be an especially good text to use in the graduate seminar in the philosophy of the mind.' International Studies in Philosophy 'A thorough study of all aspects of Searle's approach is essential to any serious study of issues in the philosophy of mind.' Philosophy and Phenomenological Research

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Intentionality provides the philosophical foundations for Searle's earlier works, Speech Acts and Expression and Meaning.

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'The strengths of the book lie in its vigor and general clarity, and in the stimulating discussions of the pre-intentional background necessary to the existence of intentional states and of the intentions of a communicator. [Searle's] sharp statement of the structural parallels between action and perception is possibly the best introduction to that phenomenon.' Philosophical Review

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Intentionality provides the philosophical foundations for Searle's earlier works, Speech Acts and Expression and Meaning.

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Intentionality is taken to be the crucial mental phenomenon, and its analysis involves wide-ranging discussions of perception, action, causation, meaning, and reference. In all these areas John Searle has original and stimulating views. He ends with a resolution of the 'mind-body' problem.

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Intentionality is taken to be the crucial mental phenomenon, and its analysis involves wide-ranging discussions of perception, action, causation, meaning, and reference. In all these areas John Searle has original and stimulating views. He ends with a resolution of the 'mind-body' problem.

Details ISBN0521273021 Author John R. Searle Short Title INTENTIONALITY Pages 292 Publisher Cambridge University Press Language English ISBN-10 0521273021 ISBN-13 9780521273022 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 128.2 Year 1983 Publication Date 1983-05-31 Imprint Cambridge University Press Subtitle An Essay in the Philosophy of Mind Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom Residence Berkeley, CA, US Affiliation University of California, Berkeley DOI 10.1604/9780521273022 UK Release Date 1983-05-31 AU Release Date 1983-05-31 NZ Release Date 1983-05-31 Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises Alternative 9781139173452 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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