Tag: dispositionalism
Intentionality in Living Systems: What Does It Mean?
One historically dominant position on intentionality has been the Brentano thesis, proffered by 19th-century German philosopher and psychologist Franz Brentano.
Discerning the Shape of a “New Biology”
Purpose and intentionality permeate and in fact define the living state, in contrast to the inanimate.
Powers Ontology: Overcoming the Limits of Reductionist Materialism
Reductionism is a method for understanding something by minimizing it to a very simple level that can be restricted to abstract language.