Consciousness and intentionality - Gillett, Grant (J. Benjamins Pub., 2001)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-260) and index
CONSCIOUSNESS AND INTENTIONALITY; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1. Consciousness and intentionality Foundations; Chapter 2. Language and Consciousness; Chapter 3. The objects of consciousness; Chapter 4. Consciousness and action; Chapter 5. Consciousness and society; Chapter 6. Consciousness and the brain; Chapter 7. Animal Consciousness; Chapter 8. Anomalies of consciousness; Consciousness and intentionality Some conclusions; Glossary; References; Index; the series ADVANCES IN CONSCIOUSNESS RESEARCH.
Is there an internal relationship between consciousness and intentionality? Can mental content be described in such a way so as to avoid dualism? What is the influence of social context upon consciousness, conceptions of self and mental content?This book considers questions such as these and argues for a conception of consciousness, mental content and intentionality that is anti-Cartesian in its major tenets. Focusing upon the rule governed nature of concepts and the grounding of the rules for concept use in the practical world, intentional consciousness emerges as a phenomena that depends upo