Symbols, Computation, and Intentionality

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PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

PART I—  COMPUTATIONALISM AND ITS CRITICS

Chapter One—  The Computational Theory of Mind

Chapter Two—  Computation, Intentionality, and the Vindication of Intentional Psychology

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2.1—  CTM's Account of Intentionality

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2.2—  Intentionality

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2.3—  CTM, Intentionality, and Semantics

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2.4—  The Virtues of the Account

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2.5—  CTM as the Basis for an Intentional Psychology

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2.6—  The Disrepute of Mentalism—a Brief History

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2.7—  Vindicating Intentional Psychology (1): Machine Functionalism

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2.8—  Vindicating Intentional Psychology (2): Symbols and Computation

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2.9—  Summary

Chapter Three—  "Derived Intentionality"

PART II—  SYMBOLS, COMPUTERS, AND THOUGHTS

Chapter Four—  Symbols—An Analysis

Chapter Five—  The Semantics of Thoughts and of Symbols in Computers

Chapter Six—  Rejecting Nonconventional Syntax and Semantics for Symbols

PART III—  THE CRITIQUE OF CTM

Chapter Seven—  Semiotic-Semantic Properties, Intentionality, Vindication

Chapter Eight—  Causal and Stipulative Definitions of Semantic Terms

Chapter Nine—  Prospects for a Naturalistic Theory of Content

PART IV—  AN ALTERNATIVE VISION

Chapter Ten—  An Alternative Approach to Computational Psychology

Chapter Eleven—  Intentionality Without Vindication, Psychology Without Naturalization

APPENDIX

Notes

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

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