THE INTENTIONALITY OF SOME ETHOLOGICAL TERMS

Authors
THOMPSON NS DERR P
Citation
Ns. Thompson et P. Derr, THE INTENTIONALITY OF SOME ETHOLOGICAL TERMS, Behavior and philosophy, 21(1), 1993, pp. 15-23
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Philosophy,"Psychology, Experimental
Journal title
Behavior and philosophy → ACNP
ISSN journal
10538348
Volume
21
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
15 - 23
Database
ISI
SICI code
1053-8348(1993)21:1<15:TIOSET>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
The apparent incompatibility of mental states with physical explanatio ns has long been a concern of philosophers of psychology. This incompa tibility is thought to arise from the intentionality of mental states. But, Brentano notwithstanding, intentionality is an ordinary feature of higher order behavior patterns in the classical literature of ethol ogy.