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The Intentional Stance

By Daniel C. Dennett

Book information

Publisher
The MIT Press
Year
1989
ISBN
9780262540537, 0262540533
Open Library ID
OL9506759M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
19 MB (20314959 bytes)
Series
Bradford Books
Pages
200\200
Topic
Medicine Neurology
Library
torrents.ru tech collections 2009-11-14
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04

Description

How are we able to understand each other in our daily interactions? Through the use of such "folk" concepts as belief, desire, intention, and expectation, Daniel Dennett asserts in this first full scale presentation of a theory of intentionality that he has been developing for almost twenty years. We adopt a stance, a predictive strategy of interpretation that presupposes the rationality of the people - or other entities - we are hoping to understand and predict.The 10 essays included here represent the vanguard of Dennett's thought, push his theories into surprising new territory, and reveal fresh lines of inquiry into fundamental issues in psychology, artificial intelligence, and evolutionary theory as well as traditional issues in the philosophy of mindDaniel C. Dennett is Distinguished Arts and Sciences Professor at Tufts University and the author of Brainstorms and Elbow Room. A Bradford Book

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