Phenomenal Intentionality
Phenomenal Intentionality (Philosophy of Mind) by Uriah Kriegel
2013 | ISBN: 0199764298 | English | 272 pages | PDF | 2 MB
2013 | ISBN: 0199764298 | English | 272 pages | PDF | 2 MB
Since the late 1970's, the main research program for understanding intentionality – the mind's ability to direct itself onto the world – has been based on the attempt naturalize intentionality, in the sense of making it intelligible how intentionality can occur in a perfectly natural, indeed entirely physical, world. Some philosophers, however, have remained skeptical of this entire approach. In particular, some have argued that phenomenal consciousness - - the subjective feel of conscious experience – has an essential role to play in the theory of intentionality, a role missing in the naturalization program. Thus a number of authors have recently brought to the fore the notion of phenomenal intentionality, as well as a cluster of nearby notions. There is a vague sense that their work is interrelated, complementary, and mutually reinforcing, in a way that suggests a germinal research program.
With twelve new essays by philosophers at the forefront of the field, this volume is designed to launch this research program in a more self-conscious way, by exploring some of the fundamental claims and themes of relevance to this program.