The Connection Principle and the classificatory scheme of reality

Searle's Connection Principle states that "the ascription of an unconscious intentional phenomenon to a system implies that the phenomenon is in principle accessible to consciousness". In this paper I will defend the thesis that Searle's theory of mind, and especially the Connect...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: González Castán, Óscar Lucas
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:1999
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/106073
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/106073
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:130.11
159.9.016.1
Unconscious mental states
Brain states
Consciousness
Cognitive science
Aspectual shape
Mental causation
Humanidades
Filosofía
Filosofía de la mente
Psicología cognitiva
72 Filosofía
7202.03 Problema Alma-Cuerpo
7203.03 Metafísica, Ontología
7206.02 Filosofía de la Materia
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Sumario:Searle's Connection Principle states that "the ascription of an unconscious intentional phenomenon to a system implies that the phenomenon is in principle accessible to consciousness". In this paper I will defend the thesis that Searle's theory of mind, and especially the Connection Principle, does not not offer a coherent picture of unconscious mental states and, a fortiori, of the intentional life of consciousness generally.