Article published In: Pragmatics & Cognition
Vol. 1:2 (1993) ► pp.245–266
Passionate thought
Computation, thought and action in Hobbes
Published online: 1 January 1993
https://doi.org/10.1075/pc.1.2.03los
https://doi.org/10.1075/pc.1.2.03los
According to a computational view of mind, thinking is identified with the manipulation of internal mental representations and intelligent behavior is the output of these computations. Although Thomas Hobbes's philosophy of mind is taken by many to be a precursor of this brand of cognitivism, this is not the case. For Hobbes, not all thinking is the manipulation of language-like symbols, and intelligent behavior is partly constitutive of cognition. Cognition requires a 'passionate thought', and this Hobbsian synthesis of inner thought and outer behavior suggests a resolution to the contemporary conflict between cognitive theories of mind that make KNOWING THAT primary and pragmatic theories that make KNOWING HOW primary.
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