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John Searle's Speech Acts (1969) and Expression and Meaning (1979) developed a highly original and influential approach to the study of language. But behind both works lay the assumption that the philosophy of language is in the end a branch of the philosophy of the mind: speech acts are forms of human action and represent just one example of the mind's capacity to relate the human organism to the world. The present book is concerned with these biologically fundamental capacities, and, though third in the sequence, in effect it provides the philosophical foundations for the other two. Intentionality is taken to be the crucial mental phenomenon, and its analysis involves wide-ranging discussions of perception, action, causation, meaning, and reference. In all these areas John Searle has original and stimulating views. He ends with a resolution of the 'mind-body' problem.

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Book category Books in English Humanities Philosophy

• Full title: Intentionality
• Author: John R. Searle
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 292
• EAN: 9780521273022
• ISBN: 0521273021
• ID: 04398626
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 388 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 140 × 18 mm
• Date of publishing: 22. December 2003

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