https://padlet.com/jodierussell/aokfn0rnibpb82ja Questions en-us 2021-06-14 19:46:03 UTC 2025-12-17 02:04:07 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4d6.png zacirving https://padlet.com/jodierussell/aokfn0rnibpb82ja/wish/1625366872 You raise a good point, in arguing that intentional mind-wandering might be incoherent. This is a super recent topic of debate in the philosophy of mind-wandering. 

Murray and Krasich recently argue for a similar point here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/mila.12332 

Bermudez and Arango respond here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11229-021-03135-2


]]> 2021-06-25 13:29:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jodierussell/aokfn0rnibpb82ja/wish/1625366872 zacirving https://padlet.com/jodierussell/aokfn0rnibpb82ja/wish/1625371503 On the onset of mind-wandering, Smallwood has a super cool paper that's really gone under the radar philosophically: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23607430/

- Zac]]> 2021-06-25 13:32:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jodierussell/aokfn0rnibpb82ja/wish/1625371503 favolevf https://padlet.com/jodierussell/aokfn0rnibpb82ja/wish/1625375416 What do you think about a situation that starts as MW and then moves into Daydreaming? Let's say I caught myself MW, I realise that that's the case, but then I continue with the narrative of the MW thought and I control it deliberately (day dreaming). Where would be the onset we should focus on? On the transition from MW to Daydreaming, when I realised I was MW or when the unguided thought started? -Adri]]> 2021-06-25 13:34:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jodierussell/aokfn0rnibpb82ja/wish/1625375416 zacirving https://padlet.com/jodierussell/aokfn0rnibpb82ja/wish/1625438439 Following up on Adriana's comment about meta-awareness, I think that whether intentionality requires meta-awareness depends on which type of meta-awareness we're talking about. I'd argue that non-propositional meta-awareness (or meta-cognitive feelings) are necessary for intentional mental action. See Proust for a similar view: https://www.amazon.ca/Philosophy-Metacognition-Mental-Agency-Self-Awareness/dp/0198748175. The idea behind this argument is that meta-cognitive feelings are required to normatively regulate your mental life, and that's required for mental action. 

But I'm not convinced that explicit meta-cognitive awareness (e.g. forming the reflective thought, "my mind is wandering") is either necessary or sufficient for mental action. I think it's not necessary since certain skilled mental actions lack explicit meta-cognition. I think it's not sufficient because intentional mind-wandering is not a mental action, but can occur with explicit meta-cognitive awareness. 

But all this is a really great topic! Nice work! -Zac]]> 2021-06-25 14:12:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jodierussell/aokfn0rnibpb82ja/wish/1625438439