Teleological realism
Subtitle: mind, agency, and explanation
By: Scott R. Sehon.
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
Subjects: Causation.; Teleology.; Philosophy of mind.; Intentionalism.; Agent (Philosophy); Psychology, Applied.
Description: "In Teleological Realism, Scott Sehon argues that common-sense psychology (CSP) explanations are not causal but teleological - that they cite the purpose or goal of the behavior in question rather than an antecedent state that caused the behavior. CSP explanations of behavior, Sehon claims, are answering a question different from that answered by physical science explanations, and accordingly, CSP explanations and physical science explanations are independent of one another. Common-sense facts about mind and agency can thus be independent of the physical facts about human beings, and, contrary to the views of most philosophers of mind in recent decades, common-sense psychology will not be subsumed by physical science."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.
"A Bradford book."