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Showing 1 to 20 of 246 for “"Intentionality"”.
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Intentionality and cognitivism
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Linguistics and Philosophy, 1984.
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Consciousness and intentionality
(cont.) having perceptual experiences, subjects can be--and usually are--directly aware of material objects.
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The Irreducibility of Intentionality
We often explain our actions in terms of our beliefs and desires. These beliefs and desires are often referred to as intentional mental states, i.e. mental states with contents that refer to something outside of themselves. There are two pertinent questions in the philosophy of mind regarding the …
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Intentionality, Information and Consciousness: A Naturalistic Perspective
… thesis proceeds to show how the phenomenon of intentionality is to be understood given the principles of Naturalism, and a naturalistic account of intentionality emerges. I conclude with a consideration of the implications that a naturalistic account of intentionality has for our understanding …
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Implementing Lexical And Creative Intentionality In Synthetic Personality
… is to say, synthetic characters must possess intentionality. In addition to intentionality, the mental state of the character must be human-like in order to provide an adequate frame of reference for the human users' internal simulations, to wit, the character's mental state must be comprised …
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Use of Strategic Intentionality in Becoming Military Friendly
… investigation suggested that strategic intentionality may serve as an important framework for evaluating the implementation of military friendly initiatives.</p> <p>The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore the role that strategic intentionality plays in the successful …
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Turing-Completeness as Medium: Art, Computers and Intentionality
This PhD is a practice-based study of how the computer functions in art practice, which takes on the notion of a fine art computing “medium”. Current research, while sometimes referencing the computer as a potential art medium, mostly defines it non-explicitly as a type of “hybrid” media device or …
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Three essays on rationality, intentionality and economic agency
… omission is argued to be the technical notion of intentionality, upon which SearIe develops an account of tacit knowledge. I show how this notion of intentionality evades my criticism of Lawson. The second essay examines the conception of agency associated with behavioural finance from the …
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What Dolphins Want: Animal Intentionality and Tool-Use
… that at least some animals have the sort of intentionality philosophers traditionally have only ascribed to humans. I argue for this through the examination of tool-use among New Caledonian crows and Bottlenose dolphins. New Caledonian crows demonstrate advanced tool-manufacture and …
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Affective Implications, Intentionality, and Interpersonal Attraction in Dyadic Situations
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Maʿnā, Shuʿūr and Mental Existence: Avicenna’s Theory of Intentionality
The historical origin of the concept of intentionality is commonly traced to scholastic philosophers’ reception of Avicenna’s concept of maʿnā. Recently, many scholars have challenged this narrative and, as a result, initiated a debate among Avicennian scholars about whether maʿnā bears any …
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The Attribution of Intentionality in Relation to Culture and Self
<p>The attribution of intentionality has received significant attention in the social cognition literature (Malle, 1999). Perceiving the intentions of others has several implications for how individuals judge and respond to others' behaviors in various social situations. The current study examined …
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Physicalism, intentionality, mind : three studies in the philosophy of mind.
Thesis. 1977. Ph.D.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Linguistics and Philosophy.
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kâ-yôskâtahk ôma nêhiyawêwin : the representation of intentionality in Plains Cree
This thesis considers the reference system of Plains Cree, an Algonquian language spoken in Canada. I argue that the referential system of this language can be understood as coding distinctions in extentionality; it distinguishes between referents that possess perspectives (‘intentional’) and …
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The role of social cues in the involuntary attribution of intentionality.
Predicting the behavior of others is crucial in social interactions and requires sophisticated cognitive mechanisms with which to do so. In order to make a more informed prediction, it is necessary to integrate information about the mental state and intentions of the actor with the perception of …
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Please, don't let me be misunderstood: intentionality, queer gestures, and feminist accountability
… thesis aims to theoretically situate and define intentionality specifically as a feminist practice through queer gesturing; this re-defining places intentionality within a framework of accountability. By defining intent through the distibution of responsibility, this thesis addresses the …
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Therapist Orientation and Circularity-Linearity of Causality, Responsibility, Intentionality, and Blame for Clinical Problems
… of attributions of causality, responsibility, intentionality and blame for clinical problems by therapists of psychodynamic, behavioral and systems orientations, a psychiatrist group, and an attorney control group were investigated using the Circularity-Linearity Attribution Scale (CLAS). …
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Hominin cognitive and behavioural complexity in the Pleistocene: assessment through identity, intentionality and visual display
… of cognitive complexity expressed as orders of intentionality. The Social Brain Hypothesis predictions however, have never been correlated to the archaeological behavioural record in order to ascertain their behavioural validity. This thesis is concerned with testing the cognitive predictions of …
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