THE CONCEPT OF INTENSIONALITY IN THE WORK OF ULLIN T. PLACE.

The current paper overviews of the notion of intensionality as it is presented in the work of Ullin Place, with the aim of characterising Place's somewhat neglected thinking about this topic. Ullin Place's work showed a development regarding his views concerning this topic, which, in themselves, illustrate a variety of possible stances that can be taken towards the concept of intensionality. Ultimately, Place suggested that 'intensional' statements are not necessarily connected with 'mentalistic' language, nor with 'mentalistic' explanations. Rather, Place came to the view that intensionality should be taken to be the mark of the 'conversational' - that is, it is a property of verbal behaviour that characterises nonscientific everyday discourse. This view has relevance to furthering the understanding of Place's work regarding intensionality, and also relevance for understanding the types of language that could be used in explanations given by behavioural science. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]