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Intentionality: Steps Towards Naturalization on the Basis of Complex Dynamical Systems

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Cognition:

A general concept of psychology referring to all processes and structures of the mind. These comprise the processing of stimulus “input” (i.e., perception) and the internal processing of represented information (e.g., memory functions, thinking, problem solving); the latter processes presuppose intentional features of the mind. Cognitive structures are knowledge, categories, memory, attitudes, schemata, etc., again intentional concepts.

Dynamical systems theory:

A system is any set of things (components, elements) that stand in relation to one another. If a rule or description exists that defines how the system changes over time (such as a differential equation or a mapping algorithm), the system is a dynamical system.

Intentionality:

A characterizing property of the mind. In contrast to physical systems, mental states have content, i.e., they “are about something” in the sense that they contain a reference to an object, or the representation of an object. In...

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    Wolfgang Tschacher

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Tschacher, W. (2018). Intentionality: Steps Towards Naturalization on the Basis of Complex Dynamical Systems. In: Meyers, R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Complexity and Systems Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27737-5_290-4

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    Intentionality: Steps Towards Naturalization on the Basis of Complex Dynamical Systems
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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27737-5_290-4

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    Intentionality: Steps Towards Naturalization on the Basis of Complex Dynamical Systems
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