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What Minds Can Do: Intentionality in a Non-Intentional World
Hardback
Main Details
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What Minds Can Do: Intentionality in a Non-Intentional World
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Pierre Jacob
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| Series | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Hardback | | Pages:312 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140 |
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| Category/Genre | Philosophy of the mind |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780521574013
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| Classifications | Dewey:128.2 |
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| Audience | | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication Date |
23 January 1997 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Some of a person's mental states have the power to represent real and imagined states of affairs: they have semantic properties. What Minds Can Do has two goals: to find a naturalistic or non-semantic basis for the representational powers of a person's mind, and to show that these semantic properties are involved in the causal explanation of the person's behaviour. In the process, the book addresses issues that are central to much contemporary philosophical debate. It will be of interest to a wide range of readers in philosophy of mind and of language, cognitive science, and psychology.
Reviews'... the book addresses issues that are central to much contemporary philosophical debate, in both Anglo-Saxon and Continental philosophy. It will be of interest to a wide range of readers in philosophy of mind and language, cognitive science and psychology.' French Book News
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