Intentionality

One of the major questions in the philosophy of mind is how people come to understand one another and engage in social cognition. Gallagher, Varga, Fuchs, and De Jaegher all attempt to address this question by embracing a conception of sociality that holds that people come to understand each other and engage in collective meaning-making through robust second-person interactions. In this paper, I will attempt to show that such a conception of sociality can address many of the problems that have…

surrounds us, which also provides us with opportunities for future actions. Colbert identifies his work as something deeper than just joke. He’s quoted saying, “the end product is jokes, but you could easily say the end product is intention. Having intentionality at all times… The process of process is process” (GQ, 3). Colbert clearly sees his work as a continual process in which he must choose actions that fit into his “organized situation.” Another example of Colbert’s views being parallel to…

I have been a Xavier University Smooth Transition (ST) mentor for 3 years since the years of 2014-2016. Smooth Transition is a first-year student summer pre-orientation and year-long peer mentoring program that seeks to support underrepresented domestic and help them transition smoothly to college. Most smooth Transition students are often African-Americans, Asian-Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans. Being a smooth transition requires selflessness as the program unpaid and requires one to…

Introduction Throughout the years, the type of toys an infant may receive has increased. Many companies have built today’s toys specifically in helping the development of the child throughout a variety of ways. In addition, the use of toys by a child can also help increase a positive parent-child relationship from engaging in playing (Goldstein, 2012). The purpose of toys is not only to play, but also be able to gain the toy’s developmental benefits (Goldstein, 2012). Thus, if a child does not…

In Hilary Putnam's "Brains in a Vat" theory, he argues against ontological, external-world skepticism. However, his arguments seem very unconvincing in some places. In this paper I will go over Putnam's "Brains in a Vat" theory and then I will specify where I think Putnam's arguments are not sufficient enough to satisfy myself. Before I present my criticism, I will briefly summarize Putnam's argument. Consider an ant crawling on a beach that accidentally outlines a picture of Winston…

In effect, Rochester contradicts himself in this passage. He apologizes for demanding her, tells her he truly loves her, then demands her and objectifies her, making her seem like his property instead of a person with a desire for independence. That this ‘love’ he admits of supposedly having for Jane when they first meet is not ‘true’ love as defined, but is a disordered ‘eros’ based on pleasure in imagination. This identification of Rochester’s ‘love’ to be disordered ‘eros’ can be seen when he…

The San Diego Trolley Dances took place on October 3rd 2015. An assortment of dance pieces all came together to furnish the city with dance in non-traditional and often unexpected settings. A program that has been established for fourteen years, this season of Trolley Dances traveled from Downtown San Diego to Balboa Park. However modern or classical the pieces in Trolley Dances may appear to be, the combination of observation and research can provide a different perspective. One such frame has…

In communication all messages are symbolic, with each message, there is a code. When the code is shared the message is culturally bound, there is a perceived intentionality of the sender which then goes through the presence of a channel in which the process of encoding and decoding the message is transactional. Communication does rely on the use of symbols, but if you have a different meaning for a symbol than your…

The plot synopsis of Ram Reddy’s Thithi (2016) indicates why such a simple film has consistently found its way to film festivals both national and international and has been already numbered among the most genuine examples of feature-length ethno filmmaking in Indian Cinema. The film Thithi, is about the death of a 101-year-old patriarch called Century Gowda and how three generations of his family react to his death. The opening sequence of the film begins with death of Century Gowda and the…

emphasizes that inquiry is necessary to the human experience, and critical consciousness causes an increase in critical thinking and communication. Paulo Freire wrote that, “ ‘Problem-posing’ education, responding to the essence of consciousness-intentionality- rejects communiqués and embodies communication”(Pedagogy of the Oppressed). Hence, the video represents these concepts, because Caroline is conscious and completely aware of her culture’s history. She mentions that she is very proud to…