🚀 go-pugleaf

michael@psych.toronto.edu (Michael Gemar) writes:

>In article <1992Dec10.003409.12095@cs.su.oz.au> danny@cs.su.oz.au (Danny) writes:
>>Basically I fail to see any reason whatsoever that the material out of 
>>which something is made needs to be considered when deciding whether it
>>has intentional properties.
>Indeed, since you are invoking Dennett you must be an instrumentalist
>about intentionality, in which case the only "deciding" to be done is on
>the basis of utility of the ascription, and not ontological fact.  Searle
>is a realist about intentionality - he believes that there is fact of
>the matter whether something has it or not. 

Right! And he believes that the CR doesn't have it. I want to know how
to analyze other 'somethings', and to be able to potentially conclude
that they do have intentionality. So what do I look for?

Charles Neveu   neveu@milo.berkeley.edu
Neurology Unit
UCBerkeley