The Volitive and the Executive Function of Intentions

Lumer, Christoph (31. Dezember 2011): The Volitive and the Executive Function of Intentions. XXII. Deutscher Kongress für Philosophie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 11. - 15. September 2011.

Abstract

Many philosophers of action conceive intentions functionally, as executive states: intentions are mental states that represent an action and tend to cause this action. In the philosophical tradition another function of intentions, which may be called "volitive", played a much more prominent role: intentions are mental states that represent what kind of actions we want and prefer to be realized and thus synthesize in a possibly rational way our motivational, desiderative and perhaps affective as well as cognitive attitudes towards this action. In the paper it is argued that intentions must fulfil both functions. Then a concept of ‘intention’ is developed that integrates both functions.

• Dokumententyp: Konferenzbeitrag (Paper)
• Keywords: intention; functions of intentions; executive function; volitive function; dissociation of volition and execution; Bratman; Mele
• Fakultät: Philosophie, Wissenschaftstheorie und Religionswissenschaft > XXII. Deutscher Kongress für Philosophie ; Philosophie, Wissenschaftstheorie und Religionswissenschaft > XXII. Deutscher Kongress für Philosophie > Handlungs- und Rationalitätstheorie
• Themengebiete: 100 Philosophie und Psychologie > 190 Neuzeitliche westliche Philosophie
• Sprache: Englisch

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