Author: Stephen J. Iacoboni
Intentionality in Living Systems: What Does It Mean?
One historically dominant position on intentionality has been the Brentano thesis, proffered by 19th-century German philosopher and psychologist Franz Brentano.
Discerning the Shape of a “New Biology”
Purpose and intentionality permeate and in fact define the living state, in contrast to the inanimate.
Illuminating the Power of Life
That which is unique to life alone, which offers the only valid explanation of irreducible complexity, is the manifestation of goal-directed functional logic.
Powers Ontology: Overcoming the Limits of Reductionist Materialism
Reductionism is a method for understanding something by minimizing it to a very simple level that can be restricted to abstract language.
A Closer Look at Natural Law
The property of a keen sense of smell allows a polar bear to smell a seal miles away under the ice.