Does intentionality connect us to the external world?

Angela Mendelovici (University of Western Ontario)

Abstract: I argue that we should not take for granted that intentionality connects us in any interesting and epistemically significant way to the world beyond the mind. Even if intentionality does secure a connection to the world, this may be a further fact about intentionality beyond the facts about its nature. I make some suggestions as to what it would take to make contact with the world beyond the mind.