Intentionality: Steps Towards Naturalization on the Basis of Complex Dynamical Systems

Abstract

Glossary Cognition A general concept of psychology referring to all processes and structures of the mind. These comprise the processing of stimulus 'input' (i.e., perception) and the internal processing of represented information (e.g., memory functions, thinking, problem solving); the latter processes presuppose intentional features of the mind. Cognitive structures are knowledge, categories, memory, attitudes, schemata etc., again intentional concepts. Dynamical systems theory A system is any set of things (components, elements) that stand in relation to one another. If a rule or description exists that defines how the systems change over time (such as a differential equation or a mapping algorithm), the system is a dynamical system.