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| + | '''Aboutness''' is a term used in library and information science (LIS), linguistics, philosophy of language, and philosophy of mind. In LIS, it is often considered synonymous with [[subject (discourse)]]. In philosophy it has been often considered synonymous with [[intentionality]], perhaps since [[John Searle]] (1983). | ||
| - | == See also == | + | R. A. Fairthorne (1969) is credited with coining the exact term "aboutness," which became popular in LIS since the late 1970s, perhaps due to arguments put forward by [[William John Hutchins]] (1975, 1977, 1978). Hutchins argued that "aboutness" was to be preferred to "subject" because it removed some epistemological problems. Hjørland (1992, 1997) argued, however, that the same epistemological problems also were present in Hutchins's proposal, why "aboutness" and "subject" should be considered synonymous. |
| - | *[[Mainstream]] | + | |
| - | *[[Consciousness industry]] | + | |
| - | *[[Stream of consciousness]] | + | |
| - | ==See also== | + | |
| - | ===Cognitive science=== | + | While information scientists may well be concerned with the literary aboutness (John Hutchins, 1975, 1977, 1978), philosophers of mind and psychologists with the psychological or [[intentionality|intentional]] aboutness (John Searle, 1983) and [[language of thought]] (Jerry Fodor, 1975), and [[semantic externalism|semantic externalists]] with the external state of affairs (Hilary Putnam, 1975). These seminal perspectives are respectively analogous to [[C. K. Ogden|Ogden]] and [[I. A. Richards|Richards]]' ''literary, psychological, and external contexts'' (1923), as well as [[Karl Popper]]'s ''World 1, 2, and 3 (1977). |
| - | *[[Attention]] | + | |
| - | *[[Binocular rivalry]] | + | |
| - | *[[Blindsight]] | + | |
| - | *[[Change blindness]] | + | |
| - | *[[Cognitive science]] | + | |
| - | *[[Iconic memory]] | + | |
| - | *[[Level of consciousness]] | + | |
| - | *[[Multistable perception]] | + | |
| - | *[[Neural correlates of consciousness]] | + | |
| - | *[[Neural Darwinism]] | + | |
| - | *[[Primary consciousness]] | + | |
| - | *[[Psyche (psychology)]] | + | |
| - | *[[Response Priming]] | + | |
| - | *[[Reticular activating system]] | + | |
| - | *[[Short term memory]] | + | |
| - | *[[Society of Mind]] | + | |
| - | *[[Split brain]] | + | |
| - | *[[Stream of consciousness (psychology)]] | + | |
| - | *[[Unconscious mind]] | + | |
| - | *[[Visual short term memory]] | + | |
| - | ===Spirituality=== | + | In linguistics, aboutness is simply meaning, the end of language. In psychology, it is [[intentionality]]. In [[psycholinguistics]] or [[cognitive linguistics]], it is [[language of thought]] in vogue, or something like that. |
| - | *''[[Vijñāna]]'' (''viññāṇa'') — consciousness as a concept in Buddhism | + | |
| - | *[[Higher consciousness]] | + | |
| - | *[[Mindstream]] | + | |
| - | *[[Krishna]] consciousness or [[bhakti]] | + | |
| - | *[[Quantum mysticism]] - supposes consciousness has a mystical component at the quantum scale | + | |
| - | ===Physical hypotheses about consciousness=== | + | ==See also== |
| - | *[[Orch-OR|Orch-OR theory]] | + | * [[Subject matter]] |
| - | *[[Electromagnetic theories of consciousness]] | + | * [[Content analysis]] |
| - | *[[Holonomic brain theory]] | + | * [[Theme and rheme]] |
| - | *[[Quantum mind]] | + | * [[Intentionality]] |
| - | *[[Simulated Reality]] | + | * [[Language of thought]] |
| - | *[[Externalism]] | + | |
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| - | ===Philosophy=== | + | |
| - | *[[8-Circuit Model of Consciousness]] | + | |
| - | *[[Bodymind]] | + | |
| - | *[[Donald Davidson (philosopher)|Donald Davidson]]'s [[swamp man]] thought experiment ("Knowing One Own's Mind", 1987) | + | |
| - | *[[Dream argument]] | + | |
| - | *[[False Consciousness]] (Marxism) | + | |
| - | *[[Freedom of thought]] | + | |
| - | *[[Homunculus]] | + | |
| - | *[[Mental body]] | + | |
| - | *[[Mind]] | + | |
| - | *[[Mind at Large]] | + | |
| - | *[[Mind-body problem]] | + | |
| - | *[[Multiple drafts theory|Multiple Drafts theory (Daniel Dennett)]] cf. also [[Society of Mind|Marvin Minsky]] | + | |
| - | *[[New Mysterianism]] | + | |
| - | *[[Personhood|Personhood Theory]] | + | |
| - | *[[Philosophy of mind]] | + | |
| - | *[[Philosophy of perception]] | + | |
| - | *[[Political consciousness]], pertaining to marxist and post-marxist conceptions of consciousness. | + | |
| - | *[[Qualia]] | + | |
| - | *[[Stream of consciousness (psychology)|Stream of consciousness]] | + | |
| - | *[[Supervenience]] | + | |
| - | *[[Theory of mind]] | + | |
| - | *[[Aboutness]] | + | |
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| - | ===Sociology and Socio-linguistics=== | + | |
| - | *[[Sociology of human consciousness]] | + | |
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Aboutness is a term used in library and information science (LIS), linguistics, philosophy of language, and philosophy of mind. In LIS, it is often considered synonymous with subject (discourse). In philosophy it has been often considered synonymous with intentionality, perhaps since John Searle (1983).
R. A. Fairthorne (1969) is credited with coining the exact term "aboutness," which became popular in LIS since the late 1970s, perhaps due to arguments put forward by William John Hutchins (1975, 1977, 1978). Hutchins argued that "aboutness" was to be preferred to "subject" because it removed some epistemological problems. Hjørland (1992, 1997) argued, however, that the same epistemological problems also were present in Hutchins's proposal, why "aboutness" and "subject" should be considered synonymous.
While information scientists may well be concerned with the literary aboutness (John Hutchins, 1975, 1977, 1978), philosophers of mind and psychologists with the psychological or intentional aboutness (John Searle, 1983) and language of thought (Jerry Fodor, 1975), and semantic externalists with the external state of affairs (Hilary Putnam, 1975). These seminal perspectives are respectively analogous to Ogden and Richards' literary, psychological, and external contexts (1923), as well as Karl Popper's World 1, 2, and 3 (1977).
In linguistics, aboutness is simply meaning, the end of language. In psychology, it is intentionality. In psycholinguistics or cognitive linguistics, it is language of thought in vogue, or something like that.
See also
