The Sources of Intentionality - Hardcover

Kriegel, Uriah

 
9780199742974: The Sources of Intentionality
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0199742979 ISBN 13: 9780199742974
Publisher: OUP USA, 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.

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About the Author

Uriah Kriegel is an associate professor of philosophy at The University of Arizona. His work centers on consciousness and intentionality. His previous book, Subjective Consciousness: A Self-Representational Theory, was published by Oxford University Press in 2009.

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Publisher
OUP USA
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0199742979
ISBN 13 
9780199742974
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
288

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