Wanting Brought to an End
Henry Schiller (University of Sheffield)
Wanting Brought to an End
On a standard view, desires are representational mental states that get their satisfaction conditions from propositional contents. My claim is that, to the contrary, desires are composed out of a state of wanting, and a characterization of the conditions in which that want is satisfied. Characterizations are thoughts with mind-to-world (belief-like) direction of fit. On the account of satisfaction that I endorse, a state of wanting is satisfied when it is brought to an end.
