Author/Editor		Potrč, Matjaž
Title		Intentional pair of correlates
Type		članek
Source		In: Vodušek DB, Repovš G, editors. Informacijska družba IS'01. Kognitivna nevroznanost IS'01. Zbornik B 4. mednarodne multi-konference; 2001 okt 22-26; Ljubljana. Ljubljana: Inštitut Jožef Stefan,
Publication year		2001
Volume		str. 80-3
Language		eng
Abstract		Dale Jacquette proposes combinatorial theory of ontology. This approach partitions ontology into two areas. The first area is pure ontology whose purpose is to provide answers to the most general ontological, such as the question about being, about why there is something rather than nothing, and the question about the existence of one contingently existing world. The second differentiated area is that of an applied or scientific ontology, whose aim is to deliver answers to the specific questions dealing with the issues like the existence of physical and abstract entities, with identity criteria and with the composition. While the first area belongs to the pure or proper ontology, the second one may be called an ontic enterprise. Ontology thus deals with the general matters before we engage into specific investigation. Accordingly it is comparatively void of content. Ontic enterprise on the other hand comes with an excess of content. It is concerned with practically almost everything that happens in the area going under the name of ontology. The reason must be that the ontic or applied ontology deals with questions that depend on the specific structure and commitments of our language and thought. Pure ontology on the other hand uses meta-ontological grounding criteria, such as logic. Existence is then determined on the basis of the maximal consistence of a set of properties. In the part of the blook dedicated to applied ontology or to the ontic enterprise a chapter deals with the philosophy of mind. It is not directly concerned with the central issues of the combinatorial theory. The chapter begins with a scholarly overview of several positions in the philosophy of mind, such as dualism, behaviorism, identity theories and functionalism. It generally argues against eliminativism and reductionism, and finishes with a sympathetic stance in respect to the position of the property dualism. (Abstract truncated at 2000 characters).
Descriptors		PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY CONSCIOUSNESS