The structure of intentionality: insights and challenges for enactivism
Inquiry May 26, 2023 Pierre Steiner 5 citations
Enactivism, a view that cognition arises from dynamic interaction with the environment, faces a tension about whether intentionality—the directedness of mental states—involves content after rejecting representationalism. The paper clarifies how enactivists sometimes say intentionality is contentful and sometimes not, and compares this tension to two classic accounts: Husserl's theory of intentionality in the Logical Investigations and Peirce's triadic semiotics. The analysis shows how these historical frameworks illuminate the unresolved issues in enactivist philosophy.