@article{ART001415370},
author={Youngjin Kiem},
title={Dretske’s Naturalistic Idea of Intentionality - Its Significance and Difficulty -},
journal={PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE},
issn={1975-1621},
year={2008},
number={6},
pages={127-146},
doi={10.33639/ptc.2008..6.005}
TY - JOUR
AU - Youngjin Kiem
TI - Dretske’s Naturalistic Idea of Intentionality - Its Significance and Difficulty -
JO - PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE
PY - 2008
VL - null
IS - 6
PB - Research Institute for East-West Thought
SP - 127
EP - 146
SN - 1975-1621
AB - In opposition to the Brentanian view of the intentionality of the mind, Fred Dretske proposes that there are different levels of intentionality ranging from lower-levels to higher-levels. Even he thinks that a simple physical device such as thermometer or galvanometer could have a certain degree of intentionality. In this regard Dretske succeeds in setting the concept of intentionality as the mark of the mental apart from the general idea of aboutness. However, when Dretske tries to specify some feature of higher-level intentionality, it seems, though he does not intend it explicitly, that intentionality as the mark of the mental reappears in an uncritical way. I think that that is a theoretical difficulty that can nullify a fundamental aspect of the Dretskean naturalistic level theory of intentionality. In this paper, while clarifying Dretske’s view of intentionality, I suggest that the difficulty can be overcome when we avoid characterizing intentionality by means of intensionality.
KW - intentionality;intensionality;Dretske;the naturalization of aboutness;naturalism;Contemporary Philosophy;Philosophy of Mind;Philosophy of Psychology
DO - 10.33639/ptc.2008..6.005
ER -
Youngjin Kiem. (2008). Dretske’s Naturalistic Idea of Intentionality - Its Significance and Difficulty -. PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE, 6, 127-146.
Youngjin Kiem. 2008, "Dretske’s Naturalistic Idea of Intentionality - Its Significance and Difficulty -", PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE, no.6, pp.127-146. Available from: doi:10.33639/ptc.2008..6.005
Youngjin Kiem "Dretske’s Naturalistic Idea of Intentionality - Its Significance and Difficulty -" PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE 6 pp.127-146 (2008) : 127.
Youngjin Kiem. Dretske’s Naturalistic Idea of Intentionality - Its Significance and Difficulty -. 2008; 6 : 127-146. Available from: doi:10.33639/ptc.2008..6.005
Youngjin Kiem. "Dretske’s Naturalistic Idea of Intentionality - Its Significance and Difficulty -" PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE no.6(2008) : 127-146.doi: 10.33639/ptc.2008..6.005
Youngjin Kiem. Dretske’s Naturalistic Idea of Intentionality - Its Significance and Difficulty -. PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE, 6, 127-146. doi: 10.33639/ptc.2008..6.005
Youngjin Kiem. Dretske’s Naturalistic Idea of Intentionality - Its Significance and Difficulty -. PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE. 2008; 6 127-146. doi: 10.33639/ptc.2008..6.005
Youngjin Kiem. Dretske’s Naturalistic Idea of Intentionality - Its Significance and Difficulty -. 2008; 6 : 127-146. Available from: doi:10.33639/ptc.2008..6.005
Youngjin Kiem. "Dretske’s Naturalistic Idea of Intentionality - Its Significance and Difficulty -" PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE no.6(2008) : 127-146.doi: 10.33639/ptc.2008..6.005
