Papers by Giancarlo Zanet
Understanding other minds is a performance that reveals a dialectic tension between community and... more Understanding other minds is a performance that reveals a dialectic tension between community and plurality. The paper explores this tensions analyzing the contemporary debate about mindreading. The debate is interpreted as focusing on two contrasting views centered on the notion of rationality and simulation. Two different moments of the history of analytic philosophy such as Ryle and his critici- sm of Collingwood and Quine and his criticism of Davidson are examined. They are valued as contributing to solve the contrast between simulation and rationality and suggesting how to find an equilibrium between the assimilatory instances re- presented by community and the respect of the other as different that the notion of plurality suggests.
In his Collective Intentions and Actions John Searle argued that having a preintentional sense of... more In his Collective Intentions and Actions John Searle argued that having a preintentional sense of others as at least potentially cooperative agents “like me” is a necessary condition of collective intentionality. He also argued, in Rationality in Action, that understanding others qua intentional agents necessarily presupposes rationality because rational constraints are built into the logical structure of intentional phenomena. In this paper we will try to specify further these claims in the light of current debate on mindreading, where other-understanding is spelled out either in terms of automatic, subpersonal simulative mechanisms, or in terms of normative, rational principles. We will argue for a mixed approach to understand the prereflective sense of the other as already involving normative, rational constraints on cooperative behavior.
Una lettura non riduzionista della filosofia della mente di W. V. Quine, offre la chiave per appr... more Una lettura non riduzionista della filosofia della mente di W. V. Quine, offre la chiave per apprezzare alcune fondamentali curvature teoriche del suo naturalismo epistemologico. Permette di evidenziare una concezione dell'osservazione quale cognitivamente permeata che non implichi forme radicali di relativismo conoscitivo e di rendere perspicua la rilevanza delle aperture sul tema dell'empatia nella comprensione dell'altro. Ne emerge, in dialogo con voci autorevoli del dibattito contemporaneo, un'interpretazione che si discosta da alcuni stereotipi storiografici consolidati e tratteggia i contorni di una peculiare concezione naturalistica della razionalità.
A non reductionist interpretation of Quine's philosophy of mind is the key to understand some aspects of his naturalism. It enlightens a conception of observation as cognitively permeated that not implies radical forms of cognitive relativism and it marks the relevance of Quine's thesis about the role of empathy in the understanding of the others. Contrasting Quine's with the ideas of authoritative contemporary philosophers, an interpretation that avoids usual stereotypes and sketches a naturalistic conception of rationality is provided.
The paper examines some of the questions emerging from the debate on mindreading regarding Quine'... more The paper examines some of the questions emerging from the debate on mindreading regarding Quine's legacy and contribution to a new agenda on the issue. Since mindreading is an exercise in folk-psychology, a) which role folk psychology has to play according to Quine? b) was Quine's account of mindreading closer to theory-theory, simulation theory or hybrid theory? c) was Quine a rationality theorist? d) are hybrid-theory and rationality theory incompatible as many would suggest? On the score of the answers to these questions, the paper tries to suggest a Quinean inspired blend of rationality-based and hybrid view-based strategies to explain mindreading.
Razionalità, verità e mente, Jan 1, 2008
Rivista di storia della filosofia, Jan 1, 2009
Presentazione: Naturalizzazione, mente e conoscenza - A controversial issue regarding Quine&#... more Presentazione: Naturalizzazione, mente e conoscenza - A controversial issue regarding Quine's naturalised epistemology is that it may involve some form of reductionism. This article focuses on one of these forms, analysing the interplay of his philosophy of mind and ...
Normatività, Fatti, Valori, Jan 1, 2003
Studium Philosophicum, Jan 1, 2005
Fieri-Annali del Dipartimento di filosofia storia e critica …, Jan 1, 2006
Studium Philosophicum, Jan 1, 2004
Fifth European Congress for Analytic Philosophy-Book …, Jan 1, 2005
Studium Philosophicum, Jan 1, 2005
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Papers by Giancarlo Zanet
A non reductionist interpretation of Quine's philosophy of mind is the key to understand some aspects of his naturalism. It enlightens a conception of observation as cognitively permeated that not implies radical forms of cognitive relativism and it marks the relevance of Quine's thesis about the role of empathy in the understanding of the others. Contrasting Quine's with the ideas of authoritative contemporary philosophers, an interpretation that avoids usual stereotypes and sketches a naturalistic conception of rationality is provided.
A non reductionist interpretation of Quine's philosophy of mind is the key to understand some aspects of his naturalism. It enlightens a conception of observation as cognitively permeated that not implies radical forms of cognitive relativism and it marks the relevance of Quine's thesis about the role of empathy in the understanding of the others. Contrasting Quine's with the ideas of authoritative contemporary philosophers, an interpretation that avoids usual stereotypes and sketches a naturalistic conception of rationality is provided.