Doing without representation: coping with Dreyfus

Webber, Jonathan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0529-5349 2002. Doing without representation: coping with Dreyfus. Philosophical Exploration 5 (1) , pp. 82-88. 10.1080/10002002018538723

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Abstract

Hubert Dreyfus argues that the traditional and currently dominant conception of an action, as an event initiated or governed by a mental representation of a possible state of affairs that the agent is trying to realise, is inadequate. If Dreyfus is right, then we need a new conception of action. I argue, however, that the considerations that Dreyfus adduces show only that an action need not be initiated or governed by a conceptual representation, but since a representation need not be conceptually structured, do not show that we need a conception of action that does not involve representation.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	English, Communication and Philosophy
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General)
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
ISSN:	1386-9795
Last Modified:	31 Oct 2022 09:14
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/80312

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