Mind: Ontology and Explanation : : Collected Papers 1981-2005 / / Laird Addis.

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• VerfasserIn: Addis, Laird,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2013]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Philosophische Analyse / Philosophical Analysis , 25
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (289 p.)

In this collection of papers by Laird Addis, published over approximately a quarter century, the main topics are the ontology of mind and the role of mind in the explanation of behavior. Addis defends a theory of natural signs, by which there is, in every conscious state including emotional states, an intrinsically intentional entity. He also argues that explanations of behavior by dispositional mental states, while not themselves causal explanations, presuppose the possibility of such explanations. The theory of dispositions is applied also to the theories of Chomsky and Freud. In broad strokes, Addis holds that, while there is a distinct realm of mental properties, behaviors admit of purely physical explanations.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- ONTOLOGY -- MIND, STRUCTURE, AND TIME -- NATURAL SIGNS -- PAINS AND OTHER SECONDARY MENTAL ENTITIES -- INTRINSIC REFERENCE AND THE NEW THEORY -- THE ONTOLOGY OF EMOTION -- THE SIMPLICITY OF CONTENT -- THE NECESSITY AND NATURE OF MENTAL CONTENT -- EXPLANATION -- DISPOSITIONS, EXPLANATION, AND BEHAVIOR -- BEHAVIORISM AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE ACT -- PARALLELISM, INTERACTIONISM, AND CAUSATION -- DISPOSITIONAL MENTAL STATES: CHOMSKY AND FREUD -- REVIEW OF LAURENCE D. SMITH’S BEHAVIORISM AND LOGICAL POSITIVISM: A REASSESSMENT OF THE ALLIANCE -- HUMAN ACTION AND THE HUMEAN UNIVERSE -- REFERENCES -- AUTHOR’S NOTE -- INDEX OF NAMES -- Backmatter