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Dennis Whitcomb

Western Washington University
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Rutgers - New Brunswick
Department of Philosophy
PhD, 2007
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Areas of Specialization
Epistemology
Areas of Interest
Epistemology
Speech Acts
Aesthetics
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    Intentionality - naturalization of
    with Kelby Mason and Daniel Kelly
    In M. Binder, N. Hirokawa, U. Windhorst & H. Hirsch (eds.), Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. pp. 1993-1996. 2008.
    States that are about things are intentional, that is, they have content. The precise nature of intentional states is a matter of dispute.What makes some states, but not others, intentional? Of those states that are intentional, what makes them about what they are about as opposed to something else, i.e. what gives them their specific content?
    Intentionality, Misc