The Sources of Intentionality (Philosophy of Mind) - Hardcover

Kriegel, Uriah

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0199742979 ISBN 13: 9780199742974

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2011

Synopsis

What do thoughts, hopes, paintings, words, desires, photographs, traffic signs, and perceptions have in common? They are all about something, are directed, are contentful - in a way chairs and trees, for example, are not. This book inquires into the source of this power of directedness that some items exhibit while others do not. An approach to this issue prevalent in the philosophy of the past half-century seeks to explain the power of directedness in terms of certain items' ability to reliably track things in their environment. A very different approach, with a venerable history and enjoying a recent resurgence, seeks to explain the power of directedness rather in terms of an intrinsic ability of conscious experience to direct itself. This book attempts a synthesis of both approaches, developing an account of the sources of such directedness that grounds it both in reliable tracking and in conscious experience.

About this title

About the Author:

Uriah Kriegel is Research Director at the Jean Nicod Institute (CNRS). His work centers on consciousness and intentionality. He is also the author of Subjective Consciousness: A Self-Representational Theory (2009) and Phenomenal Intentionality (2013), both from Oxford University Press.

Review:

"...Kriegel has provided a rich and interesting proposal for integrating two traditionally opposed viewpoints on the nature of intentionality." --Mind

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0199742979
• ISBN 13: 9780199742974
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288