Quel Arrière-plan pour l'esprit
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9686940 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pierre Steiner (0000-0002-0041-5973, Aix-Marseille Université, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 419-444 |
| Publication date | 2006-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Dialogue (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-2173 • E-ISSN: 1759-0949 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0012217300001001 |
| OpenAlex | W2041317089 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 16 |
This article analyzes the notion of background capacities as developed by John Searle during the last twenty years in philosophy of mind. Broadly construed, this notion designates non-representational mental capacities as the means by which mental representations are given a precise semantic content and thus are able to be expressed. Though novel and relevant, I intend to show that, according to Searle's description, this notion proves inadequate to attain its descriptive and explicative goals. I go on to regard background capacities in a perspective both externalist and (minimally) representationalist
Cognition · Epistemology · Externalism · Mental representation · Metaphysics · Perspective (graphical) · Philosophy of mind · Plan (archaeology) · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Embodied and Extended Cognition · History · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Philosophy and Theoretical Science · Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |