What minds can do
Subtitle: intentionality in a non-intentional world
By: Pierre Jacob.
Series: Cambridge studies in philosophy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
Subjects: Intentionality (Philosophy); Philosophy of mind.
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 behavior. 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 language, cognitive science, and psychology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-294) and index.