Footnotes to Plato from the foothills of the Superstition Mountains

Tag: mental acts

  • Mental Acts Versus Mental Actions: Sellars and Bergmann

    I have been assuming that there are mental acts and that there are mental actions and that they must not be confused.  It's high time for a bit of exfoliation.  Suppose I note that the front door of an elderly neighbor's house has been left ajar.  That noting is a mental act, but it is…