Only mother nature exhibits original intentionality
Humans do not exhibit original intentionality (or to use Searle's terms, intrinsic intentionality); rather their intentionality is derived from genes. In turn, genes have secondary intentionality. The regress ends, however: with Mother Nature.
Daniel Dennett, 1987.



Immediately related elementsHow this works
-
Artificial Intelligence »Artificial Intelligence
▲
Can computers think? [1] »Can computers think? [1]
▲
Yes: physical symbol systems can think [3] »Yes: physical symbol systems can think [3]
▲
The Chinese Room Argument [4] »The Chinese Room Argument [4]
▲
Only minds are intrinsically intentional »Only minds are intrinsically intentional
■
Only mother nature exhibits original intentionality
◄
Daniel Dennett »Daniel Dennett
+Commentaires (0)
+Citations (0)
+About