The Problem Posed By Indirect Speech Acts

Our Tools Are Extensions Of Our Purposes, And So We Find It Natural To Make Metaphorical Attributions Of Intentionality To Them; But I Take It No Philosophical Ice Is Cut By Such Examples.

Where Consciousness Is Concerned, The Appearance Is The Reality.

In Many Cases It Is A Matter For Decision And Not A Simple Matter Of Fact Whether X Understands Y; And So On.

The Intentionality Of The Mind Not Only Creates The Possibility Of Meaning, But Limits Its Forms.

We Do Not Live In Several Different, Or Even Two Different, Worlds, A Mental World And A Physical World, A Scientific World And A World Of Common Sense. Rather, There Is Just One World; It Is The World We All Live In, And We Need To Account For How We Exist As Part Of It.