Examples Of Intentional System Theory

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Thesis Statement
The intentional system theory proposed by Daniel Dennett is account to explain and predict the entity’s behavior which attributes with beliefs and desires. These statements are also applied in folk psychology which human behavior is predicted and explained through the attribution of attitudes. The intentional system contains of three instances which are physical stance, design stance, and intentional stance. The intentional stance have a distinct characteristic when compared with the physical and design stances.
Introduction
The physical stance, design stance, and intentional stance are the strategies that could be used to encounter with objects or systems as stated in the intentional system theory. Physical stance can be explained as using scientific or physical law to predict the outcome, while design stance is assuming that the entity has been designed to function in a certain way which it will work properly as designed. Prediction on behaviour of an entity can be made through treating the entity as if it was rational agent which the actions are governed by beliefs or desires in intentional stance. Each of these strategies is predictive and we used them to explain the behavior of the entity in question (Kind, 2004). This philosophical theory generated some subtle changes and effects to the instrumentalism approach. The following will be the discussion of the arguments that occur in this philosophical thesis.
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