THOMAS AQUINAS, ESSE INTENTIONALE, AND THE COGNITIVE AS SUCH*

摘要

In the case of the angel, the known angel has its own immaterial being - it is "a certain subsisting form"10 - and the species has a different but still immaterial being in the knower.n Intentional being understood as informational can be presented (i) in a knower as a sui generis "intrinsic" mode of representation, and (ii) in extramental reality as an informational and accessible aspect that can be exploited by cognizant beings. Most importantly, though, is that this presentation squares with Thomas's texts and with more current ambitions to present Thomism as anything like a viable option in defending a realist philosophy of mind.