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Full Idea
My thesis is that intentionality is the mark, not of the mental, but of the dispositional.
Gist of Idea
Intentionality is the mark of dispositions, not of the mental
Source
Ullin T. Place (Intentionality and the Physical: reply to Mumford [1999], 1)
Book Ref
-: 'The Philosophical Quarterly' [-], p.225
A Reaction
An idea with few friends, but I really like it, because it offers the prospect of a unified account of physical nature and the mind/brain. It seems reasonable to say my mind is essentially a bunch of dispositions. Mind is representations + dispositions.