Intentionality and Myths of the Given: Between Pragmatism and Phenomenology

Carl B. Sachs

Intentionality and Myths of the Given

Between Pragmatism and Phenomenology

Intentionality is one of the central problems of modern philosophy. How can a thought, action or belief be about something? Sachs draws on the work of Wilfrid Sellars, C I Lewis and Maurice Merleau-Ponty to build a new theory of intentionality that solves many of the problems faced by traditional conceptions. In doing so, he sheds new light on Sellars’s influential arguments concerning the ‘Myth of the Given’ and shows how we can build a productive discourse between American pragmatism, analytical philosophy and European phenomenology.

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Intentionality and Myths of the Given

Between Pragmatism and Phenomenology

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Acknowledgements
pp vii-viii

Introduction: Why a New Account of Intentionality?
pp 1-6

1 - Intentionality and the Problem of Transcendental Friction
pp 7-20

2 - The Epistemic Given and the Semantic Given in C. I. Lewis
pp 21-42

3 - Discursive Intentionality and ‘Nonconceptual Content’ in Sellars
pp 43-70

4 - The Retreat from Nonconceptualism: Discourse and Experience in Brandom and McDowell
pp 71-100

5 - Somatic Intentionality and Habitual Normativity in Merleau-Ponty's Account of Lived Embodiment
pp 101-130

6 - The Possibilities and Problems of Bifurcated Intentionality
pp 131-154

Conclusion
pp 155-156

Appendix: Is Phenomenology Committed to the Myth of the Given?
pp 157-168

Works Cited
pp 169-176

Notes
pp 177-196

Index
pp 197-199

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