is affective intentionality necessarily irrelevant in social cognition

• DOI: 10.13128/phe_mi-19628
• Publication Date: 2012-01-01
• Authors: Songhorian S
• Keywords: Ethics; collective affective intentionality; sympathy; 05 social sciences; Aesthetics; 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences; Collective affective intentionality; sympathy; fellow-feelings; Max Scheler; BH1-301; Max Scheler; BJ1-1725

The aim of this work is to understand the meaning and the extent of “affective intentionality”, to discover whether or not it is analogous to other concepts of intentionality and if it can play a role in social cognition. I will compare Searle’s conception of intentionality, in particular affective intentionality, with Scheler’s concept of sympathy. The reason for this is that I believe the comparison shows that it is not always necessary to presuppose something to have affective intentionality.<br/>Phenomenology and Mind, No 2 (2012): Making the Social World: Social Ontology, Collective Intentionality, and Normativity<br/>