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44 - Phenomenology Meets Philosophy of Mind and Language

from Section Eight - Bridge Builders, Border Crossers, Synthesizers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 November 2019

By
David Woodruff Smith
Edited by
Kelly Becker  and
Iain D. Thomson
Kelly Becker
Affiliation:
University of New Mexico
Iain D. Thomson
Affiliation:
University of New Mexico
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This chapter appraises ways in which phenomenology interacted with philosophy of mind and philosophy of logic and language between 1945 and 2015. During this period, as the post-war phenomenological tradition engaged with and drew from evolving theories in logic, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, and cognitive neuroscience, the phenomena of intentionality, meaning, and consciousness gained renewed salience. As a result of these particular engagements (especially with Fregean and possible world semantics, the information-processing model of mind, and the cognitive study of phenomenal intentionality), both intentional and phenomenal aspects of consciousness have come to the fore with renewed vigor, embracing “what it is like” to experience perception, thought, emotion, and action.

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The Cambridge History of Philosophy, 1945–2015 , pp. 603 - 623
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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