Researches Into Intentionality In The Horizon Of Contemporary Philosophy Of Mind

This thesis comprises of preface, introduction, systematic discussions of four chapters and conclusion.The contemporary philosophical backgrounds are mainly elaborated in the section of preface. All the relative studies are inspected, the basic idea and visual angle are clarified, also are the key concepts and main views in the study of intentionality clarified, so that the theoretical significance and value are embodied in the section.The introduction discusses the philosophical backgrounds of present researches on intentionality through the deep analysis of philosophy of science's "psychological turn" and the annotation of the naturalistic evolving feature of contemporary philosophy of mind and the challenge which it has been encountered on the problem of intentionality. It sequentially embodies the closely relatives between the problem of intentionality and topical changes in the course of present philosophy evolution, And declares the status, value, role and significance of resolving the problem of intentionality in the philosophical research.In the first chapter,the thesis which is based on the developing background and trend of philosophy analyses the form and development of intentionality theory in the two orbits of phenomenology and linguistic philosophy from historical angle. It illustrates the features, frames and sorts of intentionality, so as to establish necessary theoretical base for studying the status and role of intentionality in nature.In the second chapter, based on criticizing the physicalistic explanation for intentionality from logical behaviorism, mind-body identity theory and functionalism, the thesis builds up the theory of intentionality on the base of biology, and re-explains intentionality from the angle of stable proper in the teleology meaning which formed in the course of biological evolution.In the third chapter, the thesis firstly analyses the essential character and theoretical predicament of internalism and externalism of intentional content,...