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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Okrent, Mark (1947-....)
Titre(s) : Rational animals [Texte imprimé] : the teleological roots of intentionality / Mark Okrent
Publication : Athens : Ohio University Press, cop. 2007
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xviii, 222 p.) ; 24 cm
Collection : Series in continental thought ; 34
Lien à la collection : Series in continental thought
Comprend : Introduction: Ethological anecdotes, philosophical pronouncements ; What is intentionality?
; Three central issues concerning intentionality ; The pragmatic approach to intentionality
; Representationalism, functionalism, and pragmatism ; Goals without intentions
; The field teleologist's problem ; Goal-directedness : description and explanation
; Wright's analysis of goals ; The descriptive content of goal attributions ; The
scope of the judgment of appropriateness ; Goals as strongly holistic properties
; Living agents and teleology ; The explanatory power of goal attributions ; How
goal-directed attributions explain ; Goals and functions : types and individuals
; Types and goals : populations and evolution ; Instrumental rationality ; The
teleological stance and the intentional stance ; Reasons ; Nonrational behavior
: the lessons of the sphex wasp ; Instrumentally rational behavior : the lessons
of the plover ; Goals and reasons ; The norms of instrumental rationality ; Rational
explanation ; Justification and explanation ; Inference and explanation ; Goals
and desires ; The motivation of rational behavior ; Rational explanation and intentional
content ; Summary ; Practical reason and definite content ; The limitations of
merely instrumental reason ; Opacity and vague contents ; Reflection and practical
rationality ; The evolution of practical rationality ; Practical reason and social
roles ; Tools, language, and definite content.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-218) and index
Sujet(s) : Intentionnalité (philosophie)
Psychologie comparée
Animaux -- Intelligence
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780821417430 (cloth) (alk. paper). - ISBN 0821417436 (cloth) (alk. paper). -
ISBN 9780821417447 (pbk.) (alk. paper). - ISBN 0821417444 (pbk.) (alk. paper) (br.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb435672785
Notice n° :
FRBNF43567278
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