Philosophy 2050F/G Lecture 2: Lecture 2 - Sept 14th
19 Jul 2016
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Part 1: conceptual tools from philosophy of mind. Folk psychology contentful, internal states to explain behaviour; located in head th: beliefs, thoughts, desires, feelings etc. Propositional attitude s believes/intends/desires that p . S = subject, p = some action/sentence in ordinary language. States in the head = representations of content; visual v. propositional attitude = not always linguistic. Intentional stance appeal to belief/desires/intentions to explain organism"s behaviour. 1: physical stance appeal to physical component of organism to explain behaviour, teleological or design stance expl. Behaviour by appeal to what purpose it serves the organism. Predict & explain other people"s behaviour by evaluating/considering their mental states. Refers to folk psychological theory as a bona fide theory. Believes it will be replaced by mature theory of the brain . Deductive nomological model of scientific expln8n carl hempe & paul oppenheim 1948. Explanans set of anecdotal conditions; observational statements/law-like: very reason-based = causal reln. Explanandum phenomenon to be explnd/the reaction.
