10. Concepts of Mental States

Author: Goldman, Alvin I.

Source: Simulating Minds, August 2006 , pp. 258-276(19)

Publisher: Oxford Scholarship Online Monographs

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Abstract:

A concept in the psychological sense is the mental representation of a category, and a mental concept is the mental representation of a mental category or type, such as belief, desire, fear, or hunger. What are the vehicles of mental concepts and what are their contents? There is a proprietary internal code, the introspective code, which employs introspection-derived mental vehicles to represent mental categories. Introspection-based concepts bear some similarity to the notion of self-directed recognitional concepts, articulated by Loar. This approach contrasts with the functional-role approach to mental concepts that is naturally associated with theory theory.

Keywords: introspective code; functional role; internal code; contents; concepts; mental vehicles; Loar

Document Type: Research article

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