Intentionality in Tomasello, Searle, Dennett and Behavioral Approaches to Human Cognition

The approach of Tomasello to the evolution of human cognition attempts to integrate biological, behavioral, and cultural processes within a sole explicative system. A fundamental critic towards it has been the need of a better elaboration of the concept of intentionality. The present paper aimed to:...

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Autores: Állan, Sylvio, Souza, Carlos Barbosa Alves de
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade de Brasília (UnB)
Repositorio:Psicologia (Universidade de Brasília. Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/17529
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/revistaptp/article/view/17529
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Psicologia - Psicologia Experimental
Intencionalidade
Cognição humana
Tomasello
Filosofia da mente
Psicologia comportamental
Intentionality
Human cognition
Philosophy of mind
Behavior psychology
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Sumario:The approach of Tomasello to the evolution of human cognition attempts to integrate biological, behavioral, and cultural processes within a sole explicative system. A fundamental critic towards it has been the need of a better elaboration of the concept of intentionality. The present paper aimed to: (1) analyze Tomasello’s use of the concept of intentionality, and (2) establish dialogues between this use and theories of intentionality in the philosophy of mind and functionalist approaches to human cognition in behavior psychology. The results of this paper indicate that Tomasello’s use of the concept of intentionality is compatible to these theories and approaches. Morevover, Tomasello’s approach may extend the investigation of more complex symbolic processes than the ones traditionally investigated by behavior psychology.