{"product_id":"the-intentional-stance-paperback","title":"The Intentional Stance - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDaniel C. Dennett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow are we able to understand and anticipate each other in everyday life, in our daily interactions? Through the use of such \"folk\" concepts as belief, desire, intention, and expectation, asserts Daniel Dennett in this first full-scale presentation of a theory of intentionality that he has been developing for almost twenty years. We adopt a stance, he argues, a predictive strategy of interpretation that presupposes the rationality of the people--or other entities--we are hoping to understand and predict.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese principles of radical interpretation have far-reaching implications for the metaphysical and scientific status of the processes referred to by the everday terms of folk psychology and their corresponding terms in cognitive science.While Dennett's philosophical stance has been steadfast over the years, his views have undergone successive enrichments, refinements, and extensions. \u003ci\u003eThe Intentional Stance\u003c\/i\u003e brings together both previously published and original material: four of the book's ten chapters--its first and the final three--appear here for the first time and push the theory into surprising new territory. The remaining six were published earlier in the 1980s but were not easily accessible; each is followed by a reflection--an essay reconsidering and extending the claims of the earlier work. These reflections and the new chapters represent the vanguard of Dennett's thought. They reveal fresh lines of inquiry into fundamental issues in psychology, artificial intelligence, and evolutionary theory as well as traditional issues in the philosophy of mind. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Bradford Book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow are we able to understand each other in our daily interactions? Through the use of such 'folk' concepts as belief, desire, intention, and expectation, Daniel Dennett asserts in this first fullscale presentation of a theory of intentionality that he has been developing for almost twenty years. We adopt a stance, a predictive strategy of interpretation that presupposes the rationality of the people-or other entities-we are hoping to understand and predict.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaniel C. Dennett is University Professor Codirector of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eBrainchildren: Essays on Designing Minds\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSweet Dreams: Philosophical Obstacles to a Science of Consciousness\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eElbow Room\u003c\/i\u003e T\u003ci\u003ehe Varieties of Free Will Worth Wanting\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSweet Dreams: Philosophical Obstacles to a Science of Consciousness \u003c\/i\u003e(all published by the MIT Press), \u003ci\u003e From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Mind\u003c\/i\u003e, and other books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.89 x 9.01 x 5.92 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 06, 1989\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47406991900850,"sku":"9780262540537","price":90.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/d9p5rs0wfM9780262540537.webp?v=1782855018","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-intentional-stance-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}