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A Mark of the Mental: In Defense of Informational Teleosemantics (Life and Mind: Philosophical Issues in Biology and Psychology)
Karen Neander
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Hardcover. Series: Life & Mind: Philosophical Issues in Biology & Psychology. Num Pages: 296 pages, 13 b&w illus. BIC Classification: GTR; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Drawing on insights from causal theories of reference, teleosemantics, and state space semantics, a theory of naturalized mental representation. In A Mark of the Mental, Karen Neander considers the representational power of mental states-described by the cognitive scientist Zenon Pylyshyn as the second hardest puzzle of philosophy of mind (the first being consciousness). The puzzle at the heart of the book is sometimes called the problem of mental content, Brentano's problem, or the problem of intentionality. Its motivating mystery is how neurobiological states can have semantic properties such as ... Read more
Drawing on insights from causal theories of reference, teleosemantics, and state space semantics, a theory of naturalized mental representation. In A Mark of the Mental, Karen Neander considers the representational power of mental states-described by the cognitive scientist Zenon Pylyshyn as the second hardest puzzle of philosophy of mind (the first being consciousness). The puzzle at the heart of the book is sometimes called the problem of mental content, Brentano's problem, or the problem of intentionality. Its motivating mystery is how neurobiological states can have semantic properties such as ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The MIT Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Life & Mind: Philosophical Issues in Biology & Psychology
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass., United States
ISBN
9780262036146
SKU
V9780262036146
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About Karen Neander
Karen Neander is Professor of Philosophy at Duke University.
Reviews for A Mark of the Mental: In Defense of Informational Teleosemantics (Life and Mind: Philosophical Issues in Biology and Psychology)
Neander's excellent book should be studied by cognitive scientists and philosophers of mind and biology working on representation and intentionality. -Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews