• Alfred R. Mele: Self-deception unmasked
    Consciousness and Emotion 2 (1): 173-179. 2001.
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    The role of action representations in the dynamics of embodied cognition
    Behavioral and Brain Sciences 24 (1): 58-59. 2001.
    Thelen et al. present a convincing explanation of the A-not-B error, but contrary to their own claims, their explanation essentially involves mental representations. As is too common among cognitive scientists, they equate mental representations with representations of external physical objects. They clearly show, however, that representations of bodily actions on physical objects are central to the dynamical system producing the error.
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    Foundations of Understanding
    John Benjamins. 1996.
    How can symbols have meaning for a subject? Foundations of Understanding argues that this is the key question to ask about intentionality, or meaningful thought. It thus offers an alternative to currently popular linguistic models of intentionality, whose inadequacies are examined: the goal should be to explain, not how symbols, mental or otherwise, can refer to or mean states of affairs in the external world, but how they can mean something to us, the users. The essence of intentionality is sho…Read more
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    Acting and perceiving in body and mind
    Philosophy Research Archives 11 407-429. 1985.
    In this paper I sketch an account of (a) the origin of the terms and concepts of folk psychology, and (b) the true nature of mental states. I argue that folk psychology is built on metaphors for the functioning physical body, and that mental states are neurological traces which serve as schematic ‘mental images’ of those same functions. Special attention is paid to the folk psychology of self-consciousness. In particular, I argue that the notion of introspection is mistaken, and I criticize rece…Read more
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    Experience and Imagery
    Southern Journal of Philosophy 20 (4): 475-487. 1982.
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    Book Reviews (review)
    Mind 96 (384): 580-583. 1987.