Physicalism and the Role of Content in Psychological Explanation

物理主义和内容在心理学解释中的作用

• 批准号: 8721859
• 负责人: Hartry Field
• 金额: $ 3万
• 依托单位: University of Southern California
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1988
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1988-07-01 至 1990-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8721859&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Physicalism; Role; Content; Psychological; Explanation

Professor Field's first goal in this project is to clarify the content and methodological function of the doctrine of physicalism. This doctrine has played an important methodological role in guiding science, but exactly how to formulate it is a difficult question. It is also an important one, not only because of the importance of understanding this aspect of scientific methodology for its own sake but also because the answer one gives to it makes a real difference to how one approaches certain subjects. One of the more difficult subjects which philosophers consider is intentional psychology whose status and methods are very much in dispute. A related goal for Professor Field is to clarify the explanatory role of talk content or truth conditions in intentional psychology. There appear to be some difficulties in achieving for intentional psychology the same high physicalist standards that we demand for other sciences. So Professor Field will examine whether the explanatory role of content or truth conditions might be so different from the role of the typical notions of the other special sciences that those high standards might be inappropriate to content or truth conditions. Even if the answer is 'no', the investigation should shed light on how to reconcile intentional psychology with physicalism. If that can be done, it will remove the motive that some have had for trying to do without the use of intentional talk in psychological explanation.

菲尔德教授在这个项目中的第一个目标是澄清 的内容和方法论功能 物理主义 这一学说发挥了重要作用， 方法论在指导科学中的作用，但究竟如何 用公式表达这是一个困难的问题。 也是重要 一，不仅是因为理解这一点的重要性， 科学方法论的一个方面， 因为一个人给出的答案 一个人接近某些主题。 其中一个比较困难的 哲学家认为是意向心理学的主题 其地位和方法备受争议。 菲尔德教授的一个相关目标是澄清 谈话内容或真值条件在意向中的作用 心理学在实现这一目标方面似乎存在一些困难。 意向心理学的高度物理主义标准， 我们需要其他的科学。 所以菲尔德教授将研究 内容或真值条件的解释作用是否 与其他典型概念的作用如此不同 这些高标准可能不合适 到内容或真值条件。 即使答案是“不”， 调查应有助于了解如何调和故意 物理主义与心理学如果能做到这一点， 有些人试图不使用的动机 心理学解释中的意向性话语。