1. Response to McDowell.
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Dreyfus, HubertL.
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LEARNING , *DECISION making , *MANAGEMENT science , *METHODOLOGY , *CONFLICT management , *PHILOSOPHICAL analysis , *PHILOSOPHY of mind , *PHILOSOPHY & cognitive science - Abstract
The article discusses John McDowell's central mentalist notions, conceptuality and mindedness. Conceptuality when applied to everyday living means that we tend to use an equipment based on its usefulness to a specific task not by the physical properties it has such as weight or color. It is the process of how a person conceive, perceive or cope something. Mindedness as discussed by the author stressed that a person is said to be coping when it is involved in a particular activity. It notes that when a person is involved in learning, problem solving, responding to training, that person is mindful of what he is doing.
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- 2007
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