Autore
Dennett, Daniel C.

Titolo
The free floating rationales of evolution
Periodico
Rivista di filosofia
Anno: 2012 - Fascicolo: 2 - Pagina iniziale: 185 - Pagina finale: 200

Evolution and mind are tightly connected, and a way to point out such a connection is to notice two senses of the word «why». In this paper I describe Darwin's contribution in disentangling the two species of «why» questions showing how we can pass from «how come» to «what for». In so showing, I will argue that we, Homo sapiens, are the only reason-representers, and the practice we adopt to look for telic answers is what I call the «intentional stance». The intentional stance is in play both in the manifest image of everyday life and in the scientific image we build up as researchers.



SICI: 0035-6239(2012)2<185:TFFROE>2.0.ZU;2-P
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