Return of the evil genius

Authors: Hardman, D.

Journal: Philosophical Investigations

Volume: 47

Issue: 1

Pages: 24-31

eISSN: 1467-9205

ISSN: 0190-0536

DOI: 10.1111/phin.12409

Abstract:

In this essay, I consider whether it makes sense to say that our cognitive capacities—remembering, imagining, intending, hoping, expecting and so on—manifest as inner, subpersonal processes. Given whether something makes sense is a grammatical rather than theoretical or empirical issue, it cannot be explained but can only be better understood by describing and reflecting on situations in which it arises. As such, I approach this issue using the descriptive method of O.K. Bouwsma, which is a development of Wittgenstein's latter methodological approach of conceptually clarifying our bounds of sense. In the course of my investigation, I come to the realisation that cognitive capacities do not, as much psychology and cognitive science imply, make sense as inner, subpersonal processes. Instead, they make sense as personal capacities, which manifest in many ways of acting.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/39005/

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Return of the evil genius

Authors: Hardman, D.

Journal: PHILOSOPHICAL INVESTIGATIONS

Volume: 47

Issue: 1

Pages: 24-31

eISSN: 1467-9205

ISSN: 0190-0536

DOI: 10.1111/phin.12409

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/39005/

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Return of the evil genius

Authors: Hardman, D.

Journal: Philosophical Investigations

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

ISSN: 0190-0536

DOI: 10.1111/phin.12409

Abstract:

In this essay, I consider whether it makes sense to say that our cognitive capacities—remembering, imagining, intending, hoping, expecting and so on—manifest as inner, subpersonal processes. Given whether something makes sense is a grammatical rather than theoretical or empirical issue, it cannot be explained but can only be better understood by describing and reflecting on situations in which it arises. As such, I approach this issue using the descriptive method of O.K. Bouwsma, which is a development of Wittgenstein's latter methodological approach of conceptually clarifying our bounds of sense. In the course of my investigation, I come to the realisation that cognitive capacities do not, as much psychology and cognitive science imply, make sense as inner, subpersonal processes. Instead, they make sense as personal capacities, which manifest in many ways of acting.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/39005/

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Return of the evil genius

Authors: Hardman, D.

Journal: Philosophical Investigations

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

ISSN: 0190-0536

Abstract:

In this essay, I consider whether it makes sense to say that our cognitive capacities—remembering, imagining, intending, hoping, expecting and so on—manifest as inner, subpersonal processes. Given whether something makes sense is a grammatical rather than theoretical or empirical issue, it cannot be explained but can only be better understood by describing and reflecting on situations in which it arises. As such, I approach this issue using the descriptive method of O.K. Bouwsma, which is a development of Wittgenstein's latter methodological approach of conceptually clarifying our bounds of sense. In the course of my investigation, I come to the realisation that cognitive capacities do not, as much psychology and cognitive science imply, make sense as inner, subpersonal processes. Instead, they make sense as personal capacities, which manifest in many ways of acting.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/39005/

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