Mind: Ontology and Explanation Collected Papers 1981-2005
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Laird Addis
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Mind: Ontology and Explanation Collected Papers 1981-2005
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Walter de Gruyter GmbH& Co.KG
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9783110327151
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Philosophische Analyse / Philosophical AnalysisISSN
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1
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CHF 120.30
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English
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289
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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.
CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION
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ONTOLOGY
11
MIND, STRUCTURE, AND TIME
13
NATURAL SIGNS
29
PAINS AND OTHER SECONDARYMENTAL ENTITIES
55
INTRINSIC REFERENCE ANDTHE NEW THEORY
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THE ONTOLOGY OF EMOTION
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THE SIMPLICITY OF CONTENT
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THE NECESSITY AND NATURE OFMENTAL CONTENT1
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EXPLANATION
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DISPOSITIONS, EXPLANATION,AND BEHAVIOR1
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BEHAVIORISM AND THE PHILOSOPHYOF THE ACT1
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PARALLELISM, INTERACTIONISM,AND CAUSATION
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DISPOSITIONAL MENTAL STATES:CHOMSKY AND FREUD
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REVIEW OF LAURENCE D. SMITH’SBEHAVIORISM AND LOGICAL POSITIVISM:A REASSESSMENT OF THE ALLIANCE
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HUMAN ACTION AND THEHUMEAN UNIVERSE1
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REFERENCES
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AUTHOR’S NOTE
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INDEX OF NAMES
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