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SIMCHEN, O., Necessary Intentionality. A Study in the Metaphysics of Aboutness. Oxford University Press, 2012. 208p. Hardback. In Necessary Intentionality, Ori Simchen crafts razor-sharp arguments for a surprising package of theses in metaphysics, philosophy of language, and philosophy of mind. On Simchen's view, all modal facts are determined by the essences of actual particular objects, a wordas being of a given type depends necessarily on what the word is about, and a thought of a given type cannot occur absent its particular object. In developing these views, Simchen rejects many bits of prevailing philosophical wisdom ... Most radically, he develops a parameter-based account of cognitive states that explains much about cognition while doing entirely without mental representations or mental content. Simchen masterfully integrates these strands into a single coherent picture and in doing so provides a model of careful, substantive philosophical investigation. Professor Robert D. Rupert, University of Colorado at Boulder (Publisher's information). € 101.91 (New) (Printed on Demand) (approx. delivery time: 4 weeks) ISBN: 9780199608515