Intentionality
Targets the aboutness of mental states, claiming that mere symbol manipulation or physical configuration lacks intrinsic meaning. The challenge is to explain how thoughts can be of or about things in the world without smuggling in non-physical properties.
1 supporting3 challenging
Supporting Arguments (1)
Challenging Arguments (3)
Chinese Room Argument
A system can perfectly mimic understanding without being conscious.
Intentionality, Substrate, Entity predictions
Abstract Objects Problem / Intangibility of Thought
How can abstract objects be separate from their physical instantiation?
Intentionality, Phenomenology, Methodology, Anti-Physicalism
Intentionality Problem
Computers manipulate symbols without understanding their meaning.
Intentionality