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Single Idea 4087

[filed under theme 15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 4. Intentionality / a. Nature of intentionality ]

Full Idea

Intentionalism (the doctrine that all mental states are intentional) need not be the thesis that all mental states are propositional attitudes.

Clarification

Propositional attitudes are attitudes to proposiions, like believing or hoping it is raining

Gist of Idea

Intentionalism does not require that all mental states be propositional attitudes

Source

Tim Crane (Elements of Mind [2001], 3.22)

Book Ref

Crane,Tim: 'Elements of Mind' [OUP 2001], p.74

A Reaction

This points to the requirement for an intentionalist to prove that so-called 'qualia' states are essentially intentional, which is not implausible.

The 17 ideas with the same theme [what exactly is intentionality?]:

3364 All mental phenomena contain an object [Brentano]
7107 Intentionality defines, transcends and unites consciousness [Sartre]
3465 Either there is intrinsic intentionality, or everything has it [Searle]
3484 Water flowing downhill can be described as if it had intentionality [Searle]
3489 Intentional phenomena only make sense within a background [Searle]
3367 Both thought and language have intentionality [Kim]
2485 Do intentional states explain our behaviour? [Fodor]
15473 How does anything get outside itself? [Fodor, by Martin,CB]
4993 If a bird captures a worm, we could say its behaviour is 'about' the worm [Kirk,R]
11935 Physical powers like solubility and charge also have directedness [Molnar]
6543 Intentionality comes in degrees [Lycan]
6481 If intentional states are intrinsically about other things, what are their own properties? [Robinson,H]
4087 Intentionalism does not require that all mental states be propositional attitudes [Crane]
4095 Object-directed attitudes like love are just as significant as propositional attitudes [Crane]
4623 Propositional attitudes are not the only intentional states; there is also mental imagery [Heil]
4929 Dreams and imagery show the brain can generate awareness and meaning without input [Edelman/Tononi]
15018 Intentionality is too superficial to appear in the catalogue of ultimate physics [Sider]