Understanding dementia : a Wittgensteinian critique of models of dementia

How are we to understand dementia? The main argument involves an analysis (in Chapter 2) of intentional mental states, using Wittgenstein's discussion of rule-following, which suggests that such states demonstrate an irreducible, transcendental normativity. This externalist account of intention...

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Main Author: Hughes, Julian C.
Published: University of Warwick 2000
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.341575