信息内容反事实理论及其自然化优势

Counterfactual Theories of Informational Content and Its Advantages of Naturalization

自然主义者认为心理事物或属性原则上都可以还原为物理事物或属性。将心理内容、意义、意向性还原到物理被称为语义内容的自然化。德雷斯基试图以信息内容作为语义内容的自然化的起点,但其理论在自然化上有着循环的嫌疑。罗伊、科恩和明斯基分别提出了两种与之不同的信息内容的反事实理论,并认为该理论有着自然化优势。通过分析信息内容的反事实理论在自然化上的争论,我们可以给出一个新的论证,它可以揭露出在自然化意义上,新近的反事实理论并没有理论优势可言。

Naturalists believe that mental things and properties can, in principle, be reduced to physical things and properties. Reducing content, meaning, and intentionality to the physical is called naturalizing semantic content. Dretske proposed the informational content as his first step for naturalizing semantic content. However, his theory is suspected of resulting in circulation on naturalization. Loewer, Cohen and Minsky put forward two other counterfactual theories of informational content, believing that these theories have theoretical advantages of naturalization. Analyzing these debates on naturalizing informational content, we can propose a new argument, which could reveal that the recent counterfactual theories have no theoretical advantages for the purpose of naturalization.