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Article #1078Re: Natural Languages: They're about the World
From: wex
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1987 18:33
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1987 18:33
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In article <3999@sdcc3.ucsd.EDU>, ma188saa@sdcc3.ucsd.EDU (Steve Bloch) writes:
> I object to equating "real" with "physical".
You are correct to do so. It's a fault of my use of the English
language, not a philosophical position I hold. See my recent article
about Gondor in talk.philosophy.misc.
> Would someone be so kind as to post the original definition of
> "intentionality", by Brandon or whatever the name was?
The philosopher's name was Brentano, though his definition is used by
the phenomenologists that followed him (notably Husserl). The
intentionality of a thought is the name given to its (complex)
"directedness" property. That is, when I think thoughts those
thoughts seem to be "about" something.
--
Alan Wexelblat
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!ut-sally!ghostwheel!milano!wex From: wex@milano.UUCP Newsgroups: sci.philosophy.tech Subject: Re: Natural Languages: They're about the World Message-ID: <4679@milano.UUCP> Date: Wed, 10-Jun-87 14:33:59 EDT Article-I.D.: milano.4679 Posted: Wed Jun 10 14:33:59 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 20-Jun-87 04:29:28 EDT References: <1373@uwmacc.UUCP> <437@haddock.UUCP> <1907@dg_rtp.UUCP> <3999@sdcc3.ucsd.EDU> Sender: wex@milano.UUCP Organization: MCC, Austin, TX Lines: 22