Journal article
Shannon + Friston = Content: Intentionality in predictive signaling systems
Synthese (Dordrecht), Vol.199(1-2), pp.2793-2816
10/21/2020
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-020-02912-9
Abstract
What is the content of a mental state? This question poses the problem of intentionality: to explain how mental states can be about other things, where being about them is understood as representing them. A framework that integrates predictive coding and signaling systems theories of cognitive processing offers a new perspective on intentionality. On this view, at least some mental states are evaluations, which differ in function, operation, and normativity from representations. A complete naturalistic theory of intentionality must account for both types of intentional state.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Shannon + Friston = Content: Intentionality in predictive signaling systems
- Creators
- Carrie Figdor - University of Iowa, Philosophy
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Synthese (Dordrecht), Vol.199(1-2), pp.2793-2816
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- DOI
- 10.1007/s11229-020-02912-9
- ISSN
- 0039-7857
- eISSN
- 1573-0964
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/21/2020
- Academic Unit
- Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Philosophy
- Record Identifier
- 9984217059302771
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