Symbols, Computation, and Intentionality

  PREFACE

 expand sectionINTRODUCTION

 collapse sectionPART I—  COMPUTATIONALISM AND ITS CRITICS
 expand sectionChapter One—  The Computational Theory of Mind
 expand sectionChapter Two—  Computation, Intentionality, and the Vindication of Intentional Psychology
 expand sectionChapter Three—  "Derived Intentionality"

 collapse sectionPART II—  SYMBOLS, COMPUTERS, AND THOUGHTS
 expand sectionChapter Four—  Symbols—An Analysis
 expand sectionChapter Five—  The Semantics of Thoughts and of Symbols in Computers
 expand sectionChapter Six—  Rejecting Nonconventional Syntax and Semantics for Symbols

 collapse sectionPART III—  THE CRITIQUE OF CTM
 expand sectionChapter Seven—  Semiotic-Semantic Properties, Intentionality, Vindication
 expand sectionChapter Eight—  Causal and Stipulative Definitions of Semantic Terms
 expand sectionChapter Nine—  Prospects for a Naturalistic Theory of Content

 collapse sectionPART IV—  AN ALTERNATIVE VISION
 expand sectionChapter Ten—  An Alternative Approach to Computational Psychology
 expand sectionChapter Eleven—  Intentionality Without Vindication, Psychology Without Naturalization

 expand sectionAPPENDIX
 collapse sectionNotes
 INTRODUCTION
 Chapter One— The Computational Theory of Mind
 Chapter Two— Computation, Intentionality, and the Vindication of Intentional Psychology
 Chapter Three— "Derived Intentionality"
 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
 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
 Chapter Ten— An Alternative Approach to Computational Psychology
 Chapter Eleven— Intentionality Without Vindication, Psychology Without Naturalization
 APPENDIX
  BIBLIOGRAPHY
 expand sectionINDEX

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