Mind: Ontology and Explanation
Collected Papers 1981-2005
1st Edition
Published on 2. May 2013
289 pages
978-3-11-032715-1 (ISBN)
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In this collection of papers by Laird Addis, published over approximately a quarter century, the main topics are the ontology of mind and the role of mind in the explanation of behavior. Addis defends a theory of natural signs, by which there is, in every conscious state including emotional states, an intrinsically intentional entity. He also argues that explanations of behavior by dispositional mental states, while not themselves causal explanations, presuppose the possibility of such explanations. The theory of dispositions is applied also to the theories of Chomsky and Freud. In broad strokes, Addis holds that, while there is a distinct realm of mental properties, behaviors admit of purely physical explanations.
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Content
1 - CONTENTS [Seite 4]
2 - INTRODUCTION [Seite 7]
3 - ONTOLOGY [Seite 11]
3.1 - MIND, STRUCTURE, AND TIME [Seite 13]
3.2 - NATURAL SIGNS [Seite 29]
3.3 - PAINS AND OTHER SECONDARYMENTAL ENTITIES [Seite 55]
3.4 - INTRINSIC REFERENCE ANDTHE NEW THEORY [Seite 73]
3.5 - THE ONTOLOGY OF EMOTION [Seite 93]
3.6 - THE SIMPLICITY OF CONTENT [Seite 113]
3.7 - THE NECESSITY AND NATURE OFMENTAL CONTENT1 [Seite 133]
4 - EXPLANATION [Seite 151]
4.1 - DISPOSITIONS, EXPLANATION,AND BEHAVIOR1 [Seite 153]
4.2 - BEHAVIORISM AND THE PHILOSOPHYOF THE ACT1 [Seite 179]
4.3 - PARALLELISM, INTERACTIONISM,AND CAUSATION [Seite 205]
4.4 - DISPOSITIONAL MENTAL STATES:CHOMSKY AND FREUD [Seite 227]
4.5 - REVIEW OF LAURENCE D. SMITH'SBEHAVIORISM AND LOGICAL POSITIVISM:A REASSESSMENT OF THE ALLIANCE [Seite 249]
4.6 - HUMAN ACTION AND THEHUMEAN UNIVERSE1 [Seite 261]
5 - REFERENCES [Seite 279]
6 - AUTHOR'S NOTE [Seite 291]
7 - INDEX OF NAMES [Seite 293]
2 - INTRODUCTION [Seite 7]
3 - ONTOLOGY [Seite 11]
3.1 - MIND, STRUCTURE, AND TIME [Seite 13]
3.2 - NATURAL SIGNS [Seite 29]
3.3 - PAINS AND OTHER SECONDARYMENTAL ENTITIES [Seite 55]
3.4 - INTRINSIC REFERENCE ANDTHE NEW THEORY [Seite 73]
3.5 - THE ONTOLOGY OF EMOTION [Seite 93]
3.6 - THE SIMPLICITY OF CONTENT [Seite 113]
3.7 - THE NECESSITY AND NATURE OFMENTAL CONTENT1 [Seite 133]
4 - EXPLANATION [Seite 151]
4.1 - DISPOSITIONS, EXPLANATION,AND BEHAVIOR1 [Seite 153]
4.2 - BEHAVIORISM AND THE PHILOSOPHYOF THE ACT1 [Seite 179]
4.3 - PARALLELISM, INTERACTIONISM,AND CAUSATION [Seite 205]
4.4 - DISPOSITIONAL MENTAL STATES:CHOMSKY AND FREUD [Seite 227]
4.5 - REVIEW OF LAURENCE D. SMITH'SBEHAVIORISM AND LOGICAL POSITIVISM:A REASSESSMENT OF THE ALLIANCE [Seite 249]
4.6 - HUMAN ACTION AND THEHUMEAN UNIVERSE1 [Seite 261]
5 - REFERENCES [Seite 279]
6 - AUTHOR'S NOTE [Seite 291]
7 - INDEX OF NAMES [Seite 293]
